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title: 'There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz'
released: '1970-09-19'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/there-was-a-crooked-man-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066448/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

1970 · 126 min · Drama, Comedy, Western, Action · United States


## Synopsis

There Was a Crooked Man... is a 1970 American Western film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda. It was the only western made by Mankiewicz. It was written by David Newman and Robert Benton, their first script after Bonnie and Clyde.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz)
- **Producer:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Benton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-benton), [David Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-newman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Strouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-strouse)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling-2)
- **Editor:** [Gene Milford](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-milford)

## Cast

- [Robert Cleaves](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cleaves)
- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Kelly Thordsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-thordsen)
- [Harry Holcombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-holcombe)
- [Guy Wilkerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-wilkerson)
- [Gene Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-evans)
- [Michael Blodgett](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-blodgett)
- [Jeanne Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-cooper)
- [Arthur O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-o-connell)
- [Claudia McNeil](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-mcneil)
- [Henry Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-fonda)
- [Martin Gabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-gabel)
- [John Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-randolph)
- [Victor French](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-french)
- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)

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