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Chase a Crooked Shadow( 1958)

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The Man Hunts the Girl... The Girl Hunts the Man...

Overview

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Todd

      Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

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      Anne Baxter

      Kimberley Prescott

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      Herbert Lom

      Police Commissar Vargas

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      Faith Brook

      Elaine Whitman

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      Alan Tilvern

      Carlos

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      Alexander Knox

      Chandler Bridson

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      Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

      Self - Epilogue (uncredited)

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      Thelma D'Aguiar

      Maria

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun May 24 2020
    Who is hunting who? Chase a Crooked Shadow is directed by Michael Anderson and written by David D. Osborn and Charles Sinclair. It stars Richard Todd, Anne Baxter, Herbert Lom and Faith Brook. Music is scored by Matyas Seiber, with additional guitar by Julian Bream, and cinematography by Erwin Hillier. A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's Spanish villa claiming to be her brother. Trouble is is that her brother, Ward Prescott, died in a car accident a year ago... The core formula for Chase a Crooked Shadow has been well mined over the years, only recently I myself viewed the quite ex...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • spain
    • villa
    • brother
    • film noir
    • inheritance
    • british noir
    • stranger