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Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Thriller · Mystery · Drama · 1958

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

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Chase a Crooked Shadow

“The Man Hunts the Girl... The Girl Hunts the Man...”

1958 Thriller · Mystery · Drama 1h 27m

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7.1 / 10

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

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Directed by

Michael Anderson

Written by

David D. Osborn · Charles Sinclair

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Kimberley Prescott

Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

Police Commissar Vargas

Faith Brook

Faith Brook

Elaine Whitman

Alan Tilvern

Alan Tilvern

Carlos

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Chandler Bridson

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self - Epilogue (uncredited)

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The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.