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There Was a Crooked Man (1970)

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An offbeat 1970s black-comic Western with an all-star cast, this Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is set in 1883 in Arizona. Paris Pitman, Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is the leader of a band of outlaws that steals $500,000 from a wealthy businessman named Lomax (Arthur O'Connell). The other gang members die in a shootout, but Pitman escapes and hides the loot in women's underwear and drops it into a snake pit. After Lomax recognizes Pitman in a brothel, he is arrested by Sheriff Woodward Lopeman (Henry Fonda).

R, 2 hr. 3 min.

Western, Classics

David Newman

Dec 19, 2006

Warner Bros. Pictures

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...a solid little Western that's worth a look if only for its refreshingly cynical sensibilities.

January 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

O senso de humor do filme desarma de maneira brilhante o espectador, pegando-o completamente de surpresa com o cinismo de seu terceiro ato.

January 20, 2007 Comment
Cinema em Cena
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Audience Reviews for There Was a Crooked Man

I suspect that the writers and the director (Joseph Mankiewicz) would be better suited for comedic endeavors than serious, dramatic westerns. This is one picture that is far too light-hearted to be taken seriously. Even the violence, and there is lots of it, seems slapstick and frivolous. It's a shame that such a

January 11, 2009
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Randy Tippy

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The American western film was in a transitional period when ?Cleopatra? director Joseph L. Mankiewicz helmed ?There Was A Crooked Man? with Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, and Warren Oates. ?Bonnie and Clyde? scenarists David Newman and Robert Benton penned this above-average oater concerns a cunning thief who steals a

June 2, 2010
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Van Roberts

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