Directed by:
Jesse HibbsScreenplay:
Borden ChaseCinematography:
Harold LipsteinComposer:
Stanley WilsonCast:
Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore, Mary Field, Bob Steele, Leo Gordon, Mort Mills, Kenner G. Kemp, Philo McCullough, Sam Harris (more)Plots(1)
Audie Murphy plays Joe Maybe, an outlaw who is mistaken for U.S. Marshall Jim Noonan, when he assumes the man s identity after his death. Pretending to be Noonan, Maybe is appointed sheriff of Webb City, a rough river town, after local lawmaker Judge Kyle (Walter Matthau), takes a shine to him. The only reason Maybe goes along with the ruse is to gain easy access to the town bank and plan a robbery. This scheme goes dangerously awry when Tessa (Gia Scala), a former flame from New Orleans, shows up in town and is persuaded to pose as his wife. The couple s masquerade is further complicated by the arrival of Sam Teeler (Henry Silva), Maybe s rival in crime, who plans to rob the bank with his own gang of outlaws. A fast-paced action-adventure with a wealth of unexpected plot twists, Ride a Crooked Trail also displays a surprisingly light comic flair which is capped by Walter Matthau s delightful, rambunctious performance as the wily Judge Kyle. (101 Films)
(more)Cast
Audie Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Showdown (1963)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Apache Rifles (1964)
Gia Scala
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Walter Matthau
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Henry Silva
USA
Best movies:
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
Joanna Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Mary Field
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Bob Steele
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Longest Day (1962)
Band of Angels (1957)
Leo Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Guns for the Dictator (1965)
Mort Mills
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Michael Jeffers
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Arthur Tovey
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Back to the Future (1985)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Bill Walker
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Henry Wills
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Showdown (1963)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
George DeNormand
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Cap Somers
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
King Mojave
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
King Kong (1933)