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The Crooked Sky (Original title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 22 April 1957 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed 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)