The Crooked Road

The Crooked Road is a 1965 British film directed and co-written by Don Chaffey. It stars Stewart Granger, Robert Ryan, and Janet Munro. The film is based on the 1957 novel The Big Story by Morris West. An American journalist (Robert Ryan) plans to expose as a crook the dictator (Stewart Granger) of a small Balkan state, but finds himself framed for murder.

Cast

 * Robert Ryan as Richard Ashley
 * Stewart Granger as Duke of Orgagna
 * Nadia Gray as Cosima
 * Katherine Woodville as Elena
 * Marius Goring as Harlequin
 * Robert Rietty as the Chief of Police

Production
The film was shot in and around the city of Split and on the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia (now Croatia) over two months.

Reception
The New York Times said the film "bounces along nicely".