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Ride a Crooked Trail is a 1958 American Western film shot in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, with former World War II hero 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.
Ride a Crooked Trail: Directed by Jesse Hibbs. With Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau, Henry Silva. 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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- Drama, Western
- Jesse Hibbs
- 1958-11-23
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May 30, 2014 · Jesse Hibbs. Director. Borden Chase. Screenplay. George Bruce. Story. After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau.
Mar 17, 2017 · Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) Mark Franklin March 17, 2017 1950s. Audie Murphy plays Joe Maybe, a small-time outlaw on the run after a botched bank holdup. He’s cornered, on foot and about to be captured when a marshal on his trail slips and falls off a cliff. Maybe takes his horse and rides into Webb City, where the shotgun-toting Judge Kyle ...
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Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An outlaw is mistaken for a U.S. marshal while planning a bank robbery. Cast & Crew. Read More. Jesse Hibbs. Director. Audie Murphy. Joe Maybe, also known as U.S. Marshal Jim Noonan. Gia Scala. Tessa Milotte. Walter Matthau. Judge Kyle. Henry Silva. Sam Teeler. Joanna Moore. Little Brandy.
Sep 12, 2020 · Ride a Crooked Trail is what today we might call a "noir western" because it plot resembles the sort of darker crime stories that were prevalent at the time. And like much noir fiction, moral ambivalence runs deep in the film, and is most prominently seen in the name of its protagonist, Joe Maybe.
