There Was a Crooked Man (1960 film)

There Was a Crooked Man
Directed byStuart Burge
Screenplay byReuben Ship
Based onThe Golden Legend of Shults
1939 play
by James Bridie[1]
Produced byJohn Bryan
Albert Fennell
StarringNorman Wisdom
Alfred Marks
Andrew Cruickshank
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Edited byPeter R. Hunt
Music byKenneth V. Jones
Production
company
Knightsbridge Films
Distributed byUnited Artists Corporation
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

There Was a Crooked Man is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Stuart Burge and starring Norman Wisdom, Alfred Marks, Andrew Cruickshank, Reginald Beckwith and Susannah York.[2] It is based on the James Bridie play The Golden Legend of Schults. The film was one of two independent films (the other being The Girl on the Boat (1962)) in which Wisdom appeared in an effort to extend his range, as British audiences strongly identified him with his Gump character.[3]

The film's title is taken from the English nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man".

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.
  2. ^ "There Was a Crooked Man". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Wisdom, Norman (1915-2010) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2014.