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Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)

Chase a Crooked Shadow poster
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Genre
mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is targeted by a man who claims to be her long-dead brother. The stranger threatens her inheritance and her sanity as she tries to prove his identity is false.

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What happens

Chase a Crooked Shadow (a.k.a. Sleep No More) is a 1958 British suspense film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Todd, Anne Baxter and Herbert Lom. It was the first film produced by Associated Dragon Films, a business venture of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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