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There Was a Crooked Man...: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates. A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
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There Was a Crooked Man: Directed by Stuart Burge. With Norman Wisdom, Alfred Marks, Andrew Cruickshank, Reginald Beckwith. Davy Cooper is a law-abiding but down on his luck explosives expert. A chance meeting with a former comrade leads the naive Cooper into a world of crime and ultimately prison.
There Was A Crooked Man... is a bawdy and rowdy but morally bankrupt comedy that fits well with the anti-establishment sentiments at the time of it's release. It's a bit long but is helped considerably by an excellent cast and witty script.
Several years in the recent life of Davy Cooper is told as a flashback from he attending a dedication ceremony of the newly built English seaside town of Goodwill, where, purportedly, the residents are the happiest on Earth.
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There Was a Crooked Man benefits further from striking filming, quirky music, fun direction and sparkling dialogue. In terms of performances, Wisdom makes the film for me, but he has some excellent foils also in the form of Alfred Marks and Andrew Cruishank.
A young man and girl are laying on a pool table in her house kissing. He unbuttons her shirt revealing a breast. But then they are interrupted by the girl's father.
There Was a Crooked Man: Directed by Stuart Burge. With Norman Wisdom, Alfred Marks, Andrew Cruickshank, Reginald Beckwith. Davy Cooper is a law-abiding but down on his luck explosives expert. A chance meeting with a former comrade leads the naive Cooper into a world of crime and ultimately prison.
