Ride a Crooked Trail

Name: Ride a Crooked Trail
Genre: Romance, Western
Released: 1958-11-23
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.5

★ 6,5 /10 (26 Votes)

1958 EN 88 min

Overview

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy

Rent

Buy

Release date

23/11/1958

Votes

Popularity

1.7

Alone . . . he faced the deadly crossfire of a killer mob . . . and a fear-crazed town!

Genres

Romance Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

88 min

Audie Murphy

Joe Maybe

Gia Scala

Tessa Milotte

Walter Matthau

Judge Kyle

Henry Silva

Sam Teeler

Joanna Moore

Little Brandy

No photo

Eddie Little

Jimmy

No photo

Mary Field

Mrs. Curtis

Leo Gordon

Sam Mason

Mort Mills

Pecos

Frank Chase

Ben

Bill Walker

Jackson

Ned Wever

Attorney Clark

Richard H. Cutting

Mr. Curtis

Rayford Barnes

Teeler Gang Member (uncredited)

No photo

John Barton

Townsman (uncredited)

No photo

Jimmie Booth

Townsman (uncredited)

No photo

Forrest Burns

Posse Member (uncredited)

No photo

Russell Custer

Townsman (uncredited)

No photo

George DeNormand

Townsman (uncredited)

No photo

Clem Fuller

Tom (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Tom Wheelwright (uncredited)

No photo

Sam Harris

Man at Dedication (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Railroad Worker (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Townsman (uncredited)

No photo

Jack Lilley

Teeler Gang Member (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Man at Dedication (uncredited)

No photo

Fred McDougall

Teeler Gang Member (uncredited)

No photo

Paul McGuire

Doctor (uncredited)

No photo

King Mojave

Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

Townsman Reporting Bank Robbery (uncredited)

Kenneth Patterson

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Frosty Royce

Posse Member (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Townsman (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bob Steele

Jud Blunt (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Townsman (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Boat Steward (uncredited)

Henry Wills

Clovis (uncredited)

Morgan Woodward

Durgan (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

Loading soundtrack videos…

Middle of the Street. Ride a Crooked Trail is directed by Jesse Hibbs and adapted to screenplay by Borden Chase from a story written by George Bruce. It stars Audie Murphy, Walter Matthau, Gia Scala, Leo Gordon, Henry Silva and Eddie Little. A CinemaScope/Eastman Color production, music is by Joseph Gershenson and cinematography by Harold Lipstein. A blend of the breezy and the beefy here as Audie saddles up as Joe Maybe, a bank robber who after assuming the identity of the detective who was sent to capture him, winds up as the sheriff of a corrupt town. Ironically it’s the town he and h…

Read full review →

This is quite a good, light-hearted little western featuring Audie Murphy as an escaping bank robber who arrives in a town only to be mistaken by the local judge - a feisty Walter Matthau - for a likely candidate for sheriff. When Gia Scala - Murphy's old flame gets off the river boat she almost lands him it, so to avoid discovery he claims that they are married so as he can carry out his own nefarious plans. When her real beau and his gang arrive in town things all start to get a bit complicated... It's an entertaining hour and a half; with a good rapport between all three principals and Eddi…

Read full review →