There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

107 mins | Comedy | Aug. 31, 1960

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.

There Was a Crooked Man

107 mins | Comedy | Aug. 31, 1960

There Was a Crooked Man
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Knightsbridge Films
Original title There Was a Crooked Man
Directors Stuart Burge
Writers Reuben Ship, James Bridie

Cast

Norman Wisdom

as Davy Cooper

Alfred Marks

as Adolf Carter

Andrew Cruickshank

as McKillup

Reginald Beckwith

as Station Master

Susannah York

as Ellen

Jean Clarke

as Freda

Timothy Bateson

as Flash Dan

Paul Whitsun-Jones

as Restaurant Gentleman

Fred Griffiths

as Taxi Driver

Ann Heffernan

as Hospital Sister

Rosalind Knight

as Nurse

Reed De Rouen

as Dutchman

Brian Oulton

as Ashton

Glyn Houston

as Smoking Machinist

Percy Herbert

as Prison Warden

Edna Petrie

as Woman at Assembly Hall

Jack May

as Police Sergeant

Ronald Fraser

as Gen. Cummins

Ed Devereaux

as American Colonel

Sam Kydd

as Foreman

Redmond Phillips

as Padre

John Kidd

as Collins

Totti Truman Taylor

as Woman in a taxi

Victor Harrington

as Military Official

Walter Henry

as American Airforce Officer

George Hilsdon

as Mill Worker

Fred Machon

as General at Washington Meeting

Mary Mitchell

as Voice Over (voice)

George Murcell

as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'

Richard Neller

as Admiral at Washington Meeting

Leonard Sachs

as Police Inspector

Jack Sharp

as Town Hall Meeting Audience

Guy Standeven

as City Gent Surprised By Gang

John Tatham

as Policeman

Reg Thomason

as Town Hall Meeting Audience

Joseph Tregonino

as Board Member

Jim Tyson

as Spaghetti Eater