There Was a Crooked Man...

Sep 18, 1970

2h 3m

★ 6.8

Of All the Crooked Men in All the Crooked West One of Them Was the Best!

Overview

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Paris Pitman, Jr.

Kirk Douglas

Woodward W. Lopeman

Henry Fonda

Dudley Whinner

Hume Cronyn

Floyd Moon

Warren Oates

The Missouri Kid

Burgess Meredith

Cyrus McNutt

John Randolph

Mrs. Bullard

Lee Grant

Mr. Lomax

Arthur O'Connell

Warden LeGoff

Martin Gabel

Coy Cavendish

Michael Blodgett

Ah-Ping

C.K. Yang

Tobaccy

Alan Hale Jr.

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