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18/09/1970 Western 2h 3m
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Of All the Crooked Men in All the Crooked West One of Them Was the Best!

Overview

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

  1. Robert Benton

    Writer

  2. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

    Director

  3. David Newman

    Writer

  4. Lee Adams

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Kirk Douglas

    Paris Pitman, Jr.

  2. Henry Fonda

    Woodward W. Lopeman

  3. Hume Cronyn

    Dudley Whinner

  4. Warren Oates

    Floyd Moon

  5. Burgess Meredith

    The Missouri Kid

  6. John Randolph

    Cyrus McNutt

  7. Lee Grant

    Mrs. Bullard

  8. Arthur O'Connell

    Mr. Lomax

  9. Martin Gabel

    Warden LeGoff

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-01-13
Don't tell me you can't make speeches; you could talk a coyote out of a chicken.

There Was a Crooked Man... is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and written by David Newman and Robert Benton. It stars Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, John Randolph and Michael Blodgett. Music is by Charles Strouse and cinematography by Harry Stradling Jr.

Plot has Douglas as Paris Pitman Jr., an unscrupulous thief who after stealing and hiding in a rattlesnake's nest half a million dollars, gets caught and sent to an Arizona prison for ten years. Once there his plan i...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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