The Crooked Sky (1957)
An American detective unmasks a gambler as the head of a banknote counterfeiting gang.
- Date of release
- 1957-03-31
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henry Cass
Casting
- Wayne Morris — Mike Conlin
- Karin Booth — Sandra
- Anton Diffring — Fraser
- Bruce Seton — Mac
- George Roderick — Inspector Hughes
- Sheldon Lawrence — Bill
- Seymour Green — Steve
- Richard Shaw — Williams
- Bill Brandon — Grange
- Reginald Hearne — Smith
- Howard Lang — Commisioner
Interesting facts
The Crooked Sky is a low budget 1957 black and white British melodrama/crime film, directed by Henry Cass and starring Wayne Morris, Anton Diffring and Karin Booth. It was written by Norman Hudis from a story by Lance Hargreaves and Maclean Rogers.
Production
The Crooked Sky began principal photography on 13 August 1956 at Merton Park Studios in London. Location shots were at Blackbushe Airport.
The original cast included Tim Conway in the lead male role, who was replaced by Wayne Morris after Conway became ill. The aircraft in The Crooked Sky were:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain c/n 33285/1653, s/n 44-76953, code ZU-13
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