Chase a Crooked Shadow

Jan 16, 1958

1h 27m

★ 7.0

The Man Hunts the Girl... The Girl Hunts the Man...

Overview

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

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Drama

Production Companies

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Cast

Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Richard Todd

Kimberley Prescott

Anne Baxter

Police Commissar Vargas

Herbert Lom

Elaine Whitman

Faith Brook

Carlos

Alan Tilvern

Chandler Bridson

Alexander Knox

Self - Epilogue (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Maria

Thelma D'Aguiar

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