Ride a Crooked Trail

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• Genre(s): Western, Romance
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): William Holland, Jesse Hibbs
• Cast(s): Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 27min
• Music: Stanley Wilson,Joseph Gershenson,Leslie I. Carey,Don McKay
• Award(s): Golden Laurel 1959 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: The World to Come, Down in the Valley
• Story:
  After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy
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