Walk a Crooked Path

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Walk a Crooked Path
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Directed by John Brason
Written by Barry Perowne
Produced byJohn Brason
Derek Horne
Starring Tenniel Evans
Faith Brook
Patricia Haines
Cinematography John Taylor
Edited byRon Pope
Music byLeslie Bridgewater
Production
company
Hanover Productions
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • October 1969 (1969-10)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Walk a Crooked Path (also known as Twilight Man[ citation needed ]) is a 1969 British crime film directed by John Brason and starring Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook and Patricia Haines. [1] [2] It was written by Barry Perowne.

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Plot

At a boarding school, a man plans to murder his wealthy teacher wife.

Cast

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Walk a Crooked Path is the end product of a daunting series of production problems which began in 1966. Twice commenced and twice abandoned, it was eventually taken over by the present company who decided to scrap everything that had already been filmed, salvaging from the second attempt the composer and three of the cast. Finished and released at last, the story turns out to be rather reminiscent of The Children's Hour (a pupil's accusation, unwittingly accurate, that his teacher is homosexual), but the film is an efficient little piece, ably directed and performed and very attractively scored, although marred by some distracting lumps of padding and a dire lack of light relief in the otherwise capable writing." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Walk a Crooked Path". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | WALK A CROOKED PATH (1970)". web.archive.org. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Walk a Crooked Path". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 37 (432): 170. 1 January 1970 – via ProQuest.
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