There Was a Crooked Man (film)

This article is about the 1960 British film. For the 1970 western, see There Was a Crooked Man....
There Was a Crooked Man
Directed by Stuart Burge
Produced by John Bryan
Albert Fennell
Written by James Bridie (play)
Reuben Ship (script)
Starring Norman Wisdom
Alfred Marks
Andrew Cruickshank
Music by Kenneth V. Jones
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Edited by Peter R. Hunt
Production
company
Knightsbridge Films
Distributed by United Artists Corporation
Release dates
1960
Running time
107 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

There Was a Crooked Man is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Stuart Burge. It starred Norman Wisdom, Alfred Marks, Andrew Cruickshank, Reginald Beckwith, and Susannah York.[1] It is based on the James Bridie play "The Odd Legend of Schultz"; and was one of two films Wisdom made independently to extend his range, though (according to the BFI Screenonline), "the cinema public craved only the Gump". [2] The film was generally released in 1960 on the Rank circuit (supported by the documentary 'Jungle Hell') to less than spectacular business before being withdrawn, allegedly by US interference who were offended by Norman masquerading as an arrogant US general requisitioning British land for the US Air Force. The subject of US forces on British soil was deemed too sensitive even for comic treatment.

This is the only Norman Wisdom film that has not had a video or DVD release. It had one TV showing on ITV on Boxing Day in 1965. It was shown publicly for the first time in over 40 years in Darwen, Lancashire, where it was filmed, in 2008.[3]

Synopsis

A naive explosives expert is tricked into working for a criminal gang. The title is taken from the poem There Was a Crooked Man.

Cast

External links

References

  1. "There Was a Crooked Man (1960) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. "BFI Screenonline: Wisdom, Norman (1915-2010) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. 'Lost' Norman Wisdom film to be shown again Lancashire Telegraph, 20 January 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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