Chase a Crooked Shadow(1958)
The Man Hunts the Girl... The Girl Hunts the Man...
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
Movie: Chase a Crooked Shadow
Top 8 Billed Cast
Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
Kimberley Prescott
Police Commissar Vargas
Elaine Whitman
Carlos
Chandler Bridson
Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
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A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
Release Date
1958-01-16
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7.118
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
The Man Hunts the Girl... The Girl Hunts the Man...
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