The Crooked Road

The Big Story
Author	Morris West
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Heinemann
Publication date	1957
Media type	Print

The Crooked Road
The Crooked Road
Directed by	Don Chaffey
Written by	Don Chaffey; Jay Garrison
Based on	novel by Morris West
Starring	Robert Ryan; Stewart Granger
Cinematography	Stephen Dade
Production; company	Argo
Distributed by	Seven Arts Pictures
Release date	19 September 1965
Running time	92 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Crooked Road is a 1965 British film directed and co-written by Don Chaffey. It stars Stewart Granger, Robert Ryan, and Janet Munro.^[1] The film is based on the 1957 novel The Big Story by Morris West.^[2] An American journalist (Robert Ryan) plans to expose as a crook the dictator (Stewart Granger) of a small Balkan state, but finds himself framed for murder.

Cast[]

Robert Ryan as Richard Ashley
Stewart Granger as Duke of Orgagna
Nadia Gray as Cosima
Katherine Woodville as Elena
Marius Goring as Harlequin
Robert Rietty as the Chief of Police

The Big Story[]

The film was based on The Big Story by Morris West which was published in 1957.

A Sydney Morning Herald profile on the author said it was "his initial foray into the world of Italian politics. To this stage, there is nothing to indicate international prominence."^[3]

Production[]

The film was shot in Yugoslavia over two months.^[4]

Reception[]

The New York Times said the film "bounces along nicely".^[5]

References[]

^ "The Crooked Road (1964) - Don Chaffey | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ CROOKED ROAD, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 34, Iss. 396, (Jan 1, 1967): 44.
^ Missen, Mollie (20 February 1993). "A master storyteller signs off". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.
^ Scheuer, P. K. (11 August 1964). "Robert ryan lifts veil on yugoslavia". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155002111 – via ProQuest.
^ Archer, E. (4 February 1965). "Screen: A minor comedy". New York Times. ProQuest 116734217 – via ProQuest.

External links[]

The Crooked Road at IMDb
The Crooked Road at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] "The Crooked Road (1964) - Don Chaffey | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

[2] CROOKED ROAD, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 34, Iss. 396, (Jan 1, 1967): 44.

[3] Missen, Mollie (20 February 1993). "A master storyteller signs off". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.

[4] Scheuer, P. K. (11 August 1964). "Robert ryan lifts veil on yugoslavia". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155002111 – via ProQuest.

[5] Archer, E. (4 February 1965). "Screen: A minor comedy". New York Times. ProQuest 116734217 – via ProQuest.

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v t Works by Morris West
Novels	Gallows on the Sand (1956) Kundu (1956) The Big Story (1957) The Second Victory (1958) The Devil's Advocate (1959) Daughter of Silence (1961) The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) The Ambassador (1965) The Tower of Babel (1968) (1971) (1973) (1974) (1976) (1979) (1981) (1983) (1986) (1988) (1990) (1991) (1993) (1996) (1996) (2000)
Novels under pseudonyms	Moon in My Pocket (1945) McCreary Moves In (1958) The Naked Country (1960)
Non-fiction	Children of the Sun (1957)
Film/TV Adaptations	McCreary Moves In (1957) (TV) Children of the Sun (1961) (TV) The Crooked Road (1965) The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) The Devil's Advocate (1977) The Naked Country (1985) The Second Victory (1987)