Run a Crooked Mile (1969): Cast
Run a Crooked Mile is a 1969 thriller directed by Gene Levitt, starring Arnold Diamond as Swiss News Agent, Alexander Knox and Stanley Holloway. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m (100 min)
- Director
- Gene Levitt
- Genre
- Thriller
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Universal Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Run a Crooked Mile About?
The premise of Run a Crooked Mile without spoilers.
After witnessing a murder in an isolated mansion, a man reports it but finds no trace of the crime or any occupants. Two years later, he awakens in a Swiss hospital following a polo accident, suffering amnesia, now married and settled abroad. When fragments of the murder return, he travels back to England to uncover what really happened.
Run a Crooked Mile Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- witnessing a murder
- scar
- running for one's life
- skeleton key
- resignation
- year 1969
- bicycle police
- road blocked by fallen tree
- secret club
- code of silence
- hand cut
- woman wears a slip
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- rolls royce
- trashed apartment
- ten pound note
- year 1967
- burglar alarm
- personal papers
- geneva switzerland
- live band
- jumping off a train
- crashing into a tree
- wooburn green england
- suicide by poison
- market manipulation
- stealing a moped
- reference to john keats
- fall from a balcony
- prince albert memorial london
- gold market
- reference to percy bysshe shelley
- london england
- boeing 727
- faked death
- snifter of brandy
- falling in love with wife again
- meeting
- lord byron quotation
- london bridge station
- math teacher
- riding a london bus
- explosion
- hotel russell
- marriage proposal
- murder
- key
- amnesia
- proof
- passage of time
- cover up
Run a Crooked Mile Cast & Characters
Arnold Diamond leads the cast as Swiss News Agent, with Alexander Knox as Sir Howard Nettleton and Stanley Holloway as Caretaker. Directed by Gene Levitt; 22 actors are credited in all.
- Director Gene Levitt
- Arnold Diamond as Swiss News Agent
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Alexander Knox as Sir Howard Nettleton -
Stanley Holloway as Caretaker -
Louis Jourdan as Richard Stuart
Also Starring in Run a Crooked Mile
· 18 more- Ernest Clark Chairman
- Wilfrid Hyde-White Dr. Ralph Sawyer
- Laurence Naismith Lord Dunnsfield
- Terence Alexander Peter Martin
- Jean Anderson Sister Teresa
- Norman Bird Sgt. Hooper
- Ronald Howard Insp. Huntington
- Mary Tyler Moore Elizabeth Sutton
- Bernard Archard Business Spokesman
- Elspeth March Mrs. Doyle
- Norma West Nurse
- Nora Nicholson Miss Abernathy
- Hilary Pritchard Peter Martin's Secretary
- Geoffrey Frederick Policeman in Richard's Flat
- Hugo de Vernier Charles
- Geoffrey Cheshire Navvy
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- William Burleigh Brandon
- Timothy Kendrick Roger
Cars in Run a Crooked Mile
39 cars on screen, including the 1951 MG TD and the 1968 Austin FX4.
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1951 MG TD Main role -
1968 Austin FX4 Important role -
1962 Bentley S3 Important role -
1962 Jaguar Mk.X Important role
Run a Crooked Mile Also Known As
Also known as “Vergiss oder stirb”.
- Also known as
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- Vergiss oder stirb
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Run a Crooked Mile FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Run a Crooked Mile, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Run a Crooked Mile?
Run a Crooked Mile runs 1 hour 40 minutes (100 minutes).
When was Run a Crooked Mile released?
Run a Crooked Mile was released on November 18, 1969.
Who directed Run a Crooked Mile?
Run a Crooked Mile was directed by Gene Levitt.
More films by Gene Levitt Who is in the cast of Run a Crooked Mile?
Run a Crooked Mile stars Arnold Diamond as Swiss News Agent, Alexander Knox as Sir Howard Nettleton and Stanley Holloway as Caretaker, among 22 credited actors.
Does Run a Crooked Mile have a post-credit scene?
No. Run a Crooked Mile has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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