Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow

1958 | 1h 27m | Crime, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Anne Baxter stars as an heiress nearly driven mad by the recent deaths of both her father and her brother. But when a man convinces people that he's actually her brother, has she become the victim of a devious plot, or has she lost her grip on reality?

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Michael Anderson

CAST

Richard Todd

Anne Baxter

Herbert Lom

Alexander Knox

Faith Brook

Alan Tilvern

Thelma D'Aguilar

PRODUCERS

Douglas Fairbanks

Thomas Clyde

WRITERS

David D Osborn

Charles Sinclair

Related Videos

04:04
Chase A Crooked Shadow (1958) -- (Movie Clip) My Brother's Dead!
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Officer Vargas (Herbert Lom) on Spain's Costa Brava, taking a call from emotionally fragile South African heiress Kimberley (Anne Baxter), trying to deal with Richard Todd, just arrived, insisting he's her brother, early in Chase A Crooked Shadow, 1958.
03:56
Chase A Crooked Shadow (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Our Swimming Drink
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Grieving heiress Kimberley (Anne Baxter) making a call from her Spanish villa, trying to convince somebody that Richard Todd is posing as her dead brother "Ward," in Chase A Crooked Shadow, 1958.
03:23
Chase A Crooked Shadow (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Barcelona
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Opening scenes, introducing apparent high society criminals Richard Todd (who will pose as "Ward" Prescott), Faith Brook as his colleague "Elaine," Anne Baxter as their mark "Kimberly," Alexander Knox her kindly uncle, from Cast A Crooked Shadow, 1959.

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