MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 1,238 this week

Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)

7.0
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.0/10 from 441 users  
Reviews: 16 user | 3 critic

A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's villa claiming to be her brother. But Ward Prescott died in a car accident a year ago, so how can this man be him? Despite Kim's protests that the ... See full summary »

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay)
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 42 titles created 24 Apr 2011
 
a list of 9 titles created 1 week ago
 
a list of 525 titles created 12 Oct 2011
 
a list of 149 titles created 4 months ago
 
a list of 3326 titles created 10 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)

Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) on IMDb 7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Chase a Crooked Shadow.

Photos

Edit

Cast

Complete credited cast:
...
Ward Prescott
...
Kimberley Prescott
...
Police Commissar Vargas
...
Chandler Brisson
Faith Brook ...
Elaine Whitman
Alan Tilvern ...
Carlos
Thelma D'Aguilar ...
Maria (as Thelma d'Aguilar)
Edit

Storyline

A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's villa claiming to be her brother. But Ward Prescott died in a car accident a year ago, so how can this man be him? Despite Kim's protests that the stranger isn't her brother, everyone else accepts him, including their uncle. Kim begins to fear for her sanity and her life. Written by Anonymous

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

Certificate:

See all certifications »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

|

Release Date:

6 May 1958 (Japan)  »

Also Known As:

Flüsternde Schatten  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

(RCA Sound Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Marcel Dailo' was a possible for Vargas. See more »

Goofs

While Ward accepts Kimberley's challenge and drives round the bends, the odometer of the car barely changes from 17858 to 17859 - implying they covered a distance of 1 mile (or km). Considering the speed at which Ward drove and the time it took, the entire distance covered to be a paltry 1 mile (or km) is implausible. See more »

Connections

Remade as Khoj (1989) See more »

Soundtracks

"In Search of a Dream"
Music by Matyas Seiber
Lyrics by Robert Mellin
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

They don't make them like that, anymore !
10 October 2002 | by (Donegal, Ireland) – See all my reviews

When I was a little boy, I had seen the film, but remembered little of it. However, in the early sixties, my Dad took me on a holiday to Spain, to a little village south of Barcelona, called Sitges. During one coach journey, the courier told us that the mountain road that we were now on was the scene of a fast car drive in a film made a couple of years previously, called 'Chase a Crooked Shadow'. I remember the road well, with the cliff drops hundreds of feet below to the sea and this coupled with my fond memory of that holiday in Franco's long gone Spain and the fact that the film itself is a brilliant piece of old cinema with a terrific twist at the end, makes me watch this film over and over again. I see something in it every time I watch it - the sign of a good film!


15 of 17 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Chase A Crooked Shadow bphanibabu
Unforgetable and haunting pcwagener-1
Aspect Ratio mike-1828
BROADCAST ON NZ TV richard_chchnz
Will air on TCM at 6:30 PM (EDT) on 5/22/2013 michaelhelwick
Car scene irvberg2002
Discuss Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?