Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow

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

1958•1h 27m•7.0/10

ThrillerMysteryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(37)

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

Open in PickFlick

Production

Associated Dragon

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Kimberley Prescott

Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

Police Commissar Vargas

Faith Brook

Faith Brook

Elaine Whitman

Alan Tilvern

Alan Tilvern

Carlos

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Chandler Bridson

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self - Epilogue (uncredited)

Thelma D'Aguiar

Maria

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