Run a Crooked Mile

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Run a Crooked Mile
GenreDrama
Written byTrevor Wallace
Directed by Gene Levitt
Starring Louis Jourdan
Mary Tyler Moore
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Theme music composer Mike Leander
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Charles F. Engel
Producer Ian Lewis
Production locations Geneva, Switzerland
London, England
Cinematography Arthur Grant
Editor Bert Rule
Running time100 min.
Production company Universal Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseNovember 18, 1969 (1969-11-18)

Run a Crooked Mile is a 1969 British made-for-television thriller film directed by Gene Levitt and starring Louis Jourdan.

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Plot

Richard Stuart, an English schoolteacher on holiday, is a witness to a murder among a group of wealthy men in a secluded mansion in the English countryside. When he reports it to the police, however, no evidence of the group or any murder can be found, only a golden key on the floor. When he tries to investigate further he is knocked unconscious. He wakes up in a hospital room in Geneva (after an apparent polo accident) and is astounded to discover that two years have elapsed, during which he has been unhappily married to a beautiful woman, Elizabeth (Mary Tyler Moore) and living a rich and extravagant life under the name Tony Sutton. Gradually realising that Elizabeth is genuine, and not part of a conspiracy against him, he asks her to help him understand how he got into his situation, and what to do about it. They return to England, and eventually to the secluded mansion.

Reception

Acclaimed for its original premise, stylish photography (by Arthur Grant) and use of exotic locations, the film has managed to develop a cult following. In 2018, the film was released on DVD by the German Label PIDAX, with a running time of only 93 min.

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