The Crooked Sky (Original title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 22 April 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Henry Cass
Synopsis: Crime melodrama about an American investigator who helps Scotland Yard bust a counterfeiting racket and, at the same time, wins a wife.
Genres: Detective drama, Police drama
Subject: Counterfeiting
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 76 mins Length: 6898 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v217 n7 14 Nov 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2593 25 Apr 1957 Page: 18
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2593 25 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n281 June 1957 Page: 69
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n281 June 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7364 18 Apr 1957 Page: 3
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7364 18 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7758 17 Apr 1957 Page: II
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7758 17 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7750 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-36248
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 22 April 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Henry Cass
Synopsis: Crime melodrama about an American investigator who helps Scotland Yard bust a counterfeiting racket and, at the same time, wins a wife.
Genres: Detective drama, Police drama
Subject: Counterfeiting
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 76 mins Length: 6898 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(23)
©: Luckwin Productions Ltd., Executive Producer: Bill Luckwell, Produced by: Derek Winn, Henry Cass, Production Supervisor: Clive Midwinter, Production Secretary: Susan Attrill, Assistant Director: Bill Lang, Continuity: Gladys Reeve, Screenplay by: Norman Hudis, Based on an original story by: Lance Hargreaves, Maclean Rogers, Director of Photography: Phil Grinrod, Camera Operator: Alfred Hicks, Editor: Peter Mayhew, Art Director: Harold Watson, Wardrobe Mistress: Dulcie Midwinter, Make-up: Jack Craig, Hairdresser: Joy Vigo, Director of Music: Wilfred Burns, Sound: Sid Ryder, Sound by: Westrex Sound Recording, Filmed at: Merton Park
Cast
(22)
Wayne Morris (Mike Conlin), Karin Booth (Sandra), Anton Diffring (Fraser), Bruce Seton (Mac), Sheldon Lawrence (Bill), Richard Shaw (Williams), Colette Bartrop (Benny), Seymour Green (Steve), Bill Brandon (Grange), Reginald Hearne (Smith), Frank Hawkins (Robson), Murray Kash (Lewis), Wally Peterson (Wilson), Guy Kingsley Poynter (Alanson), Bob Raglan (senior civil servant), Robert Percival (U.S. treasury offical), Beryl Cooke (landlady), Robert Hunter (manager), Frank Henderson (salesman), George Roderick (Inspector Hughes), Jack Taylor (croupier), Howard Lang (commissioner)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Motion Picture Herald v217 n7 14 Nov 1959 Page: 484Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v217 n7 14 Nov 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2593 25 Apr 1957 Page: 18
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2593 25 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n281 June 1957 Page: 69
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n281 June 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7364 18 Apr 1957 Page: 3
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7364 18 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7758 17 Apr 1957 Page: II
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7758 17 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7750 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-36248
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status