Run a Crooked Mile is a 1969 British made-for-television thriller film starring Louis Jourdan as Richard Stuart, an ordinary schoolteacher who, whilst on holiday, is a witness to a murder in a private secluded mansion.

When he reports this however, no evidence of any murder can be found, only a key on the floor. When he tries to investigate further he is knocked unconscious. He wakes up in a hospital room (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 (Mary Tyler Moore) and living a rich and extravagant life in Europe under the name Tony Sutton. Not only this, he has become mixed up in a plot to damage the whole European economy.

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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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Cast

Louis Jourdan - Richard Stuart

Mary Tyler Moore - Elizabeth Sutton

Wilfrid Hyde-White - Dr. Ralph Sawyer

Stanley Holloway - Caretaker

Alexander Knox - Sir Howard Nettleton

Terence Alexander - Peter Martin

Ronald Howard - Insp. Huntington

Laurence Naismith - Lord Dunnsfield

Norman Bird - Sgt. Hooper

Ernest Clark - Chairman

Bernard Archard - Business spokesman

Margaret Nolan - Secretary

Jean Anderson - Sister Teresa

Nora Nicholson - Miss Abernathy

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American television films

1960s crime thriller films

1969 television films

1969 films

Films shot at Pinewood Studios

Films directed by Gene Levitt

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