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Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)

Ride a Crooked Trail poster
Directed by
Jesse Hibbs
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bank robber tries to go straight but gets entangled with a crooked town and a no-nonsense judge. The story mixes comedy and danger as the outlaw navigates loyalty and deception.

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What happens

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. Gia Scala and Henry Silva co-star in the film, directed by Jesse Hibbs, his final feature film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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