Run a Crooked Mile

Run a Crooked Mile
GenreDrama
Written byTrevor Wallace
Directed byGene Levitt
StarringLouis Jourdan
Mary Tyler Moore
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Theme music composerMike Leander
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerCharles F. Engel
ProducerIan Lewis
Production locationsGeneva, Switzerland
London, England
CinematographyArthur Grant
EditorBert Rule
Running time100 min.
Production companyUniversal Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseNovember 18, 1969 (1969-11-18)

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, with a running time of only 93 min.

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