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Chase a Crooked Shadow(1958)
Status: Released
Date: 1958-01-16
71%
38 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Associated Dragon
Movie: Chase a Crooked Shadow
Top 8 Billed Cast
Richard Todd
Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
Anne Baxter
Kimberley Prescott
Herbert Lom
Police Commissar Vargas
Faith Brook
Elaine Whitman
Alan Tilvern
Carlos
Alexander Knox
Chandler Bridson
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
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Overview
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
Average
7.118
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
The Man Hunts the Girl... The Girl Hunts the Man...
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