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Sep 19, 1970 · There Was a Crooked Man...: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates. A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison.
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Running time. 126 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. There Was a Crooked Man... is a 1970 American Western film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda. It was the only western made by Mankiewicz. It was written by David Newman and Robert Benton, their first script after Bonnie and Clyde .
A humorous poem about a man who encounters various crooked things on his way home. Read the full text, learn the source, and explore more poems by Mother Goose on Poetry Foundation.
There was a crooked man and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all liv'd together in a little crooked house. It gained popularity in the early twentieth century. [3] One legend suggests [4] that this nursery rhyme originated in the once ...
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Learn about the origins, meaning, and structure of the popular nursery rhyme 'There Was a Crooked Man' by Mother Goose. Discover the poetic techniques and possible interpretations of this four-line poem that uses repetition and alliteration.
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A 1970 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and written by the same team behind Bonnie and Clyde. It follows a bandit's escape plan from a desert jail after a botched heist.
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