Run a Crooked Mile

Run a Crooked Mile is a 1969 British made-for-television thriller film starring Louis Jourdan as Richard Stuart, an ordinary schoolteacher who, whilst on holiday, is a witness to a murder in a private secluded mansion.

When he reports this however, no evidence of any murder can be found, only a key on the floor. When he tries to investigate further he is knocked unconscious. He wakes up in a hospital room (after an apparent polo accident) and is astounded to discover that two years have elapsed during which he has been unhappily married to a beautiful woman (Mary Tyler Moore) and living a rich and extravagant life in Europe under the name Tony Sutton. Not only this, he has become mixed up in a plot to damage the whole European economy.

Acclaimed for its original premise, stylish photography (by Arthur Grant) and use of exotic locations, the film has managed to develop a cult following. In 2018, the film was released on DVD by the German Label PIDAX.

Cast

• Louis Jourdan - Richard Stuart
• Mary Tyler Moore - Elizabeth Sutton
• Wilfrid Hyde-White - Dr. Ralph Sawyer
• Stanley Holloway - Caretaker
• Alexander Knox - Sir Howard Nettleton
• Terence Alexander - Peter Martin
• Ronald Howard - Insp. Huntington
• Laurence Naismith - Lord Dunnsfield
• Norman Bird - Sgt. Hooper
• Ernest Clark - Chairman
• Bernard Archard - Business spokesman
• Margaret Nolan - Secretary
• Jean Anderson - Sister Teresa
• Nora Nicholson - Miss Abernathy

External links

• Run a Crooked Mile at IMDb