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There Was a Crooked Man

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There Was a Crooked Man
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R,2hrs 3min
Genre:
Western
Released:
January 1, 1970
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn  ...more
Synopsis: An offbeat 1970s black-comic Western with an all-star cast, this Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is set in 1883 in Arizona. Paris Pitman, Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is the leader of a band of outlaws that steals $500,000 from a wealthy businessman named Lomax (Arthur O'Connell). The other gang members die in a shootout, but Pitman escapes and hides the loot in women's underwear and drops it into a snake pit. After Lomax recognizes Pitman in a brothel, he is arrested by Sheriff Woodward Lopeman (Henry Fonda). At ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Dripping with cynicism, There Was a Crooked Man is not to everyone's taste, but its black comedy has an ample share of rewards for those for whom "bitter" is not a bad word. David Newman and Robert Benton's screenplay is unrelenting, but its unflinching determination to go its own way gives it a flavor and flair that are unique. Unfortunately, allegedly due to cuts made to bring down the length of ... Full Review
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Kirk Douglas
Paris Pitman. Jr.
Henry Fonda
Woodward Lopeman
Hume Cronyn
Dudley Whinner
Warren Oates
Floyd Moon
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