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Drive a Crooked Road 
Theatrical PosterDirected by Richard Quine Produced by Jonie Taps Written by Screenplay:
Blake Edwards
Richard Quine
Story:
James Benson NabloStarring Mickey Rooney
Dianne Foster
Kevin McCarthy
Jack KellyMusic by Ross DiMaggio Cinematography Charles Lawton, Jr. Editing by Jerome Thoms Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) March 10, 1954 Running time 83 minutes Country United States Language English Drive a Crooked Road (1954) is an American crime film noir directed by Richard Quine and featuring Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, and Jack Kelly.[1] The drama's screenplay was written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine from The Wheel Man; a story by Canadian James Benson Nablo (1910-1956).[2]
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Plot
A mechanic and race car driver (Rooney) is chosen by two bank robbers to help them with a heist. The heist requires a driver with considerable driving skills to complete the task. To bait the driver into the dangerous scheme, one of the robbers uses his girlfriend (Foster) to help persuade the honest young man to assist with the crime.
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Eddie Shannon
- Dianne Foster as Barbara Mathews
- Kevin McCarthy as Steve Norris
- Jack Kelly as William McIntyre
- Harry Landers as Ralph
- Jerry Paris as Phil
- Paul Picerni as Carl
- Dick Crockett as Don
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "A crisply done film noir with Rooney taken in by the universal emotional state that was at the root of many noir heroes' problems, loneliness."[3]
References
- ^ Drive a Crooked Road at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2010/04/mysterious-mister-nablo.html
- ^ TV Guide. Film review. Last accessed: November 19, 2009.
External links
- Drive a Crooked Road at the Internet Movie Database
- Drive a Crooked Road at AllRovi
- Drive a Crooked Road at the TCM Movie Database
Films directed by Richard Quine 1940s Leather Gloves (1948)1950s Sunny Side of the Street (1951) · Purple Heart Diary (1951) · Sound Off (1952) · All Ashore (1953) · Siren of Bagdad (1953) · Cruisin' Down the River (1953) · Drive a Crooked Road (1954) · Pushover (1954) · So This Is Paris (1955) · My Sister Eileen (1955) · The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) · Full of Life (1956) · Operation Mad Ball (1957) · Bell, Book and Candle (1958) · It Happened to Jane (1959)1960s Strangers When We Meet (1960) · The World of Suzie Wong (1960) · The Notorious Landlady (1962) · Paris When It Sizzles (1964) · Sex and the Single Girl (1964) · How to Murder Your Wife (1965) · Synanon (1965) · Hotel (1967) · Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967) · A Talent for Loving (1969)1970s Categories:- 1954 films
- American films
- Black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Crime thriller films
- English-language films
- Film noir
- Films based on short fiction
- Heist films
- Films directed by Richard Quine
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