Ride a Crooked Trail

Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)

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

After a bank robbery goes wrong, fugitive Joe Maybe is mistaken for a famed U.S. Marshal and forced to play the role of a respected lawman in a tight-knit town. The charade grows dangerously complex when his former flame unexpectedly surfaces, forcing them to pose as a happily married couple while navigating a growing bond with a local orphan boy. As his old criminal gang prepares to strike the town bank, Joe must decide whether to betray his past or protect the noble life he never knew he wanted.

Date of release
1958-11-23
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Romance, Western
Director
Jesse Hibbs

Casting

Interesting facts

Ride a Crooked Trail is a 1958 American Western film shot in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, with Audie Murphy and future Academy Award-winning actor Walter Matthau heading a strong if not well-known cast.

Production

The film was known as Middle of the Street and started filming August 1957.

The film was filmed mostly on the Universal backlot with some location shooting at the Janss Conejo Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California. During filming, Gia Scala learned that her mother was dying of cancer and had only three months to live; the day after she heard the news, Scala was involved in a car accident caused by her drinking and driving.

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