The Crooked Road is a 1965 British film directed and co-written by Don Chaffey. It stars Stewart Granger, Robert Ryan and Janet Munro. It is based on the 1957 novel The Big Story by Morris West. An American journalist plans to expose as a crook the dictator of a small Balkan state, but finds himself framed for murder.
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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
Production
The film was shot in and around the city of Split and on the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia (now Croatia) over two months.
Reception
The New York Times said the film "bounces along nicely".