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Binding: DVD
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: PAL, UK Import
Label: StudioCanal
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: StudioCanal
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: StudioCanal
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 84 minutes
Studio: StudioCanal
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Why has total stranger Richard Todd shown up at the villa of wealthy Anne Baxter? Why does he claim to be her long-lost brother? Is Todd planning to finagle Baxter out of her inheritance? Is someone going to end up seriously dead? The answers to these questions can be found in Chase a Crooked Shadow, a confounding chiller with more than a few adroit plot twists. Before the film has run its course, we learn that the true villain is not necessarily whom it appears to be--nor is the heroine all that she seems. Chase a Crooked Shadow was based on an 1943 Whistler radio play; the plot was later reworked into no fewer than three American made-for-TV movies.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
You really do need to love Anne Baxter in order to appreciate her performance in CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW. Thankfully I'm a huge fan, in particular her roles in "The Ten Commandments", "The Blue Gardenia", "Five Graves to Cairo", "The Razor's Edge", and "Three Violent People"; not to mention her signature, Academy Award-nominated performance as the title character in "All About Eve".
In CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW, Baxter is diamond heiress Kimberley Prescott. Living a typically glamorous ... Read More
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Why are we so sure that diamond heiress Kimberly Prescott, who lives alone in a cliffside villa on the Costa Brava, is as neurotic as Sylvester the Cat being stalked by Tweety Bird? Because she's played by Anne Baxter. By 1958, Baxter's career had moved down to that crowded niche of aging female stars who played gracious but melodramatic divas. Baxter always had a penchant for "acting." When she didn't have a strong director, she'd almost always pull out the stops. With Chase a Crooked Shadow, these ... Read More
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