The Crooked Way 75 years old

He's got a date ...with DEATH!

The Crooked Way

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

Credits

The Crooked Way Cast

Name Character
Ellen Drew She was 33, 88 years old when she died as Nina Martin
John Payne He was 36, 77 years old when he died as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
Sonny Tufts He was 37, 58 years old when he died as Vince Alexander
Percy Helton He was 55, 77 years old when he died as Petey
Raymond Largay He was 63, 88 years old when he died as Arthur Stacey, M.D.
Rhys Williams He was 51, 71 years old when he died as Lieutenant Joe Williams
John Harmon He was 43, 80 years old when he died as Kelly
Greta Granstedt She was 41, 80 years old when she died as Hazel Downs
Hal Baylor He was 30, 79 years old when he died as Coke (as Hal Fieberling)
Garry Owen He was 47, 49 years old when he died as Man from Green Acres Mortuary
Crane Whitley He was 49, 58 years old when he died as Doctor Kemble / Off-Screen Narrator
Harry Bronson He was 10, now 65 years old as Danny
Don Haggerty He was 34, 74 years old when he died as Hood
Jack Overman He was 32, 32 years old when he died as Hood
Charles Evans He was 30, 88 years old when he died as Captain Anderson (as Charlie Evans)
John Doucette He was 28, 73 years old when he died as Sgt. Barrett

The Crooked Way Crew

Name Department
Van Nest Polglase as Production Design. He was 50 (70) years old when He died Art
Frank Sullivan as Editor. He was 53 (76) years old when He died Editing
Joseph Kish as Set Decoration. He was 49 (69) years old when He died Art
Richard H. Landau as Screenplay. He was 35 (79) years old when He died Writing
John Alton as Director of Photography. He was 47 (94) years old when He died Camera
Benedict Bogeaus as Producer. He was 44 (64) years old when He died Production
Robert Monroe as Radio Play. He was 33 (79) years old when He died Crew
Robert Florey as Director. He was 48 (78) years old when He died Directing
Louis Forbes as Original Music Composer. He was 46 (78) years old when He died Sound
The Crooked Way poster
The Crooked Way (75 years)

He's got a date ...with DEATH!

  • Release day: Friday, April 22, 1949
  • Runtime: 90 minutes