There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
, Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
, Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
, Warren Oates
Warren Oates
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
, Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
, Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
, Warren Oates
Warren Oates
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Overview

A typically adventurous work from producer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, There Was a Crooked Man casts Kirk Douglas as the brains of a gang of frontier desperadoes. Arrested in a brothel after holding up merchant Arthur O'Connell, Douglas is carted off to territorial prison, where he quickly establishes himself as the lord of the flies. Idealistic new warden Henry Fonda vows to improve morale and living conditions in the prison, and to that end enlists the aid of Douglas, who pretends to be the warden's toady. In fact, Douglas is plotting a prison break along with Warren Oates, who'd previously crippled Fonda in a shoot out, and homosexual cellmates Hume Cronyn and Burgess Meredith. There's many a surprise and double-cross in store for all concerned before the wryly cynical finale. There Was a Crooked Man was co-scripted by David Newman and Robert Benton, who manage to inject a great deal of historical accuracy into their fictional yarn.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/26/2021
UPC: 0883929730544
Original Release: 1970
Rating: R
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 2:03:00
Sales rank: 24,201

Special Features

Vintage Featurette on Location with There Was a Crooked Man...; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Kirk Douglas Actor
Henry Fonda Actor
Hume Cronyn Actor
Warren Oates Actor
Burgess Meredith The Missouri Kid
John Randolph Cyrus McNutt
Arthur O'Connell Mr. Lomax
Martin Gabel Warden Le Goff
Michael Blodgett Coy Cavendish
Claudia McNeil Madam
Alan Hale Jr. Tobaccy
Victor French Whiskey
Lee Grant Mrs. Bullard
C.K. Yang Ah-Ping Woo
Pamela Hensley Edwina
Bert Freed Skinner
Barbara Rhoades Miss Jessie Brundidge
J. Edward McKinley Governor
Gene Evans Col. Wolff
Jeanne Cooper Prostitute
Ann Doran Actor
Byron Foulger Actor
Paul 'Tiny' Newlan Actor,Actor
Karl Lukas Actor
Larry D. Mann Actor
Bart Burns Actor
Alan Hale Tobaccy
Paul Prokop Actor
E.J. André Judge
Charles Strouse Composer

Technical Credits
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director,Producer
Al Overton Special Effects
Roger Creed Stunts
C.O. Erickson Executive Producer,Producer
Bruce Paul Barbour Stunts
Al Overton Jr. Sound Effects
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