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Original title: Ride a Crooked Trail

1958
Approved
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.4K

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Fugitive bank robber Joe Maybe steals the identity of a marshal and rides into a town whose judge asks Joe to act as town marshal but an old flame almost betrays his real identity forcing Joe to claim she's his wife.

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Fugitive bank robber Joe Maybe assumes the identity of a dead marshal when he rides into a town whose judge asks Joe to act as town marshal but an old flame almost betrays his real identity ... Read allFugitive bank robber Joe Maybe assumes the identity of a dead marshal when he rides into a town whose judge asks Joe to act as town marshal but an old flame almost betrays his real identity forcing Joe to claim she's his wife.Fugitive bank robber Joe Maybe assumes the identity of a dead marshal when he rides into a town whose judge asks Joe to act as town marshal but an old flame almost betrays his real identity forcing Joe to claim she's his wife.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Audie Murphy

Joe Maybe

Gia Scala

Tessa Milotte

Walter Matthau

Judge Kyle

Henry Silva

Sam Teeler

Joanna Moore

Little Brandy

Eddie Little

Jimmy

Mary Field

Mrs. Curtis

Leo Gordon

Sam Mason

Mort Mills

Pecos

Frank Chase

Bill Walker

Jackson

Ned Wever

Attorney Clark

Richard H. Cutting

Banker Curtis

Rayford Barnes

Teeler Gang Member
(uncredited)

John Barton

Townsman
(uncredited)

Jimmie Booth

Townsman
(uncredited)

Forest Burns

Posse Member
(uncredited)

Russell Custer

Townsman
(uncredited)

Director
- Jesse Hibbs
Writers
- Borden Chase
- George Bruce
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Trivia
Walter Matthau plays the crusty judge/father figure to the boyish Audie Murphy. In reality, Matthau was only 4 years older than Murphy.

Goofs
When Teller's gang rides into town, there are 10 total. One man gets killed by Maybe at the bar. When they split up outside of town, 3 ride away to wait for the herd payments. 7 ride back to town to try to rob the bank for the railroad payroll.

Quotes
Tessa Milotte: Teeler is interested in that bank, and so am I. When I learn how this town works, he'll ride in with ten men, and do what you'd like to do.
Joe Maybe: You're still talkin' about the bank?
Tessa Milotte: Nothing else.
Joe Maybe: When you write to Teeler, tell him I got here first. And I'm not just talkin' about the bank!

Soundtracks
Bridal Chorus
(uncredited)
Composed by Richard Wagner

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Featured review

6/10

Ride a Crooked Trail

This is quite a good, light-hearted little western featuring Audie Murphy as an escaping bank robber who arrives in a town only to be mistaken by the local judge - a feisty Walter Matthau - for a likely candidate for sheriff. When Gia Scala - Murphy's old flame gets off the river boat she almost lands him it, so to avoid discovery he claims that they are married so as he can carry out his own nefarious plans. When her real beau and his gang arrive in town things all start to get a bit complicated... It's an entertaining hour and a half; with a good rapport between all three principals and Eddie Little as the young "Jimmy". It's got an half decent script and some good action thrown in too. The ending is a bit poor, but I suppose it was inevitable...