Run a Crooked Mile
| Run a Crooked Mile | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Trevor Wallace |
| Directed by | Gene Levitt |
| Starring |
Louis Jourdan Mary Tyler Moore Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| Theme music composer | Mike Leander |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Charles F. Engel |
| Producer(s) | Ian Lewis |
| Location(s) |
Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland London, England |
| Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
| Editor(s) | Bert Rule |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Production company(s) | Universal Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 18, 1969 |
Run a Crooked Mile is a 1969 made-for-TV thriller in which Louis Jourdan stars 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. However, it seems to have been somewhat overlooked lately and has now disappeared from TV schedules. To date it has not been released on video or DVD.
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