Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow
Directed by	Michael Anderson
Produced by	Thomas Clyde Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Written by	David D. Osborn Charles Sinclair
Starring	Richard Todd Anne Baxter Herbert Lom
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	January 21, 1958 (London)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) is a suspense film in which a woman has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity. It stars Richard Todd, Anne Baxter, and Herbert Lom as a policeman.

The guitar music that forms a significant part of the soundtrack is played by Julian Bream.

The film was remade in India twice: Bengali-language film Sheshankaa (1963), and the Tamil-language film Puthiya Paravai (1964).^[1]

Cast

• Richard Todd as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
• Anne Baxter as Kimberley Prescott
• Herbert Lom as Vargas
• Faith Brook as Elaine Whitman
• Alexander Knox as Chandler Brisson
• Alan Tilvern as Carlos
• Thelma D'Aguilar as Maria

References

1. ^ http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/06/26/stories/2009062650331600.htm

External links

• Chase a Crooked Shadow at the Internet Movie Database
• Chase a Crooked Shadow at the TCM Movie Database
• Chase a Crooked Shadow at AllRovi