Run a Crooked Mile

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.

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.

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