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      There Was a Crooked Man

      R Released Dec 25, 1970 2 hr. 6 min. Western List
      82% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 250+ Ratings Audience Score After a botched heist, Wild West bandit Paris Pitman Jr. (Kirk Douglas) hides his newly stolen money where no one will find it, then loses his entire gang in a blaze of bullets before being captured by the law and given a lengthy sentence in a desert jail. Paris believes that he can buy his way out of his predicament by offering some cash to the guards, but the upstanding Sheriff Lopeman (Henry Fonda) makes sure his men remain honest. Running out of options, Paris begins plotting a jailbreak. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 13 Buy Now

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      Alec B There seems to a sizable chunk of missing material (evidenced by Lee Grant's blink and you'll miss it cameo) but it still has minor charms and some very amusing performances. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Audience Member Good movie well worth the watch James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas, December 2, 2023 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/04/23 Full Review Alberto M The smart thug and the honest and good director characters develop cleanly and subtly through the movie, until the end that amused me even more than the rest of the movie. Most secondary characters and stooges are up to the two main stars, particularly Hume Cronyn, playing a gentle hearted swindler. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/17/22 Full Review Audience Member There seems to a sizable chunk of missing material (evidenced by Lee Grant's blink and you'll miss it cameo) but it still has minor charms and some very amusing performances. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review lester m This is a good old time western with two of the greats. Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda. Along with a raft of great character actors. Burgess Meredith, Hume Cronym, Warren Oated Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review delysid d Kirk Douglas is one of the Greats! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/20 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The penultimate film of director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve) is a tart-tongued Western written by the same gents who had penned Bonnie and Clyde three years earlier. Rated: 3/4 Jun 19, 2021 Full Review John Mahoney Los Angeles Free Press Technically, the film is near perfect, reminding us how good a Hollywood programmer can be, even at an inflated cost of seven million dollars. Jan 13, 2020 Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator If smart callousness, moral indifference and violence on the rockpile are what you are looking for, at least this ex- ample is rather conspicuously well acted. Jul 9, 2018 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Fails to deliver on a promising story. Rated: C+ Jan 14, 2018 Full Review Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com Rated: 4/5 May 7, 2007 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a solid little Western that's worth a look if only for its refreshingly cynical sensibilities. Rated: 3/4 Jan 24, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis After a botched heist, Wild West bandit Paris Pitman Jr. (Kirk Douglas) hides his newly stolen money where no one will find it, then loses his entire gang in a blaze of bullets before being captured by the law and given a lengthy sentence in a desert jail. Paris believes that he can buy his way out of his predicament by offering some cash to the guards, but the upstanding Sheriff Lopeman (Henry Fonda) makes sure his men remain honest. Running out of options, Paris begins plotting a jailbreak.
      Director
      Joseph L. Mankiewicz
      Distributor
      Warner Bros. Pictures
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Western
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 25, 1970, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2014
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