Drive a Crooked Road

1954

Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

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In this film noir, a melancholy mechanic and race-car driver is coerced into assisting two bank robbers pull a bank heist. They lure him in with one of the robber's beautiful girlfriends, and he helps them with the job. The thieves reward him but make plans to dispose of him.

Cast

Mickey Rooney
as Eddie Shannon
Dianne Foster
as Barbara Mathews
Kevin McCarthy
as Steve Norris
Jack Kelly
as Harold Baker
Harry Landers
as Ralph
Jerry Paris
as Phil
Paul Picerni
as Carl
Dick Crockett
as Don
Mort Mills
as Garage Foreman
Peggy Maley
as Marge
Mike Mahoney
as Police Officer
Richard H. Cutting
as People
George Paul
as Police Officer
John Damler
as Police Officer
John Close
as Police Officer
Patrick Miller
as Teller
Diana Dawson
as Woman
Irene Bolton
as Woman
Linda Danson
as Woman
Mel Roberts
as Customer
John Fontaine
as Wells
Howard Wright
as People
Jean Engstrom
as People
Richard Cutting
as People
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Rooney is certainly understated and extremely effective. Richard Quine keeps everything in nice balance and by its downer of an ending, Drive a Crooked Road turns out to be quietly affecting.

Feb 23, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Scene-Stealers.com

... what I like to call beachhouse noir, a world away from the classic nocturnal urban style with its coast highways and sunny beaches and sleek West Coast architecture.

Feb 19, 2012 | Full Review…
Parallax View

It's the simpleness of this tale and lack of any pretensions that makes it convincing but not necessarily sparkling.

Sep 3, 2003 | Rating: C | Full Review…
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