Ride a Crooked Trail

Ride a Crooked Trail is a 1958 American western film shot in CinemaScope, with former World War II hero Audie Murphy and future Academy Award winning actor Walter Matthau heading a strong if not wellknown cast.

She must now pretend she is his wife to avoid further scrutiny from Kyle, but this in turn causes problems with her current boyfriend, bandit leader Sam Teeler Henry Silva. The couple moves into a house and are well respected in town, although their secrecy is nearly compromised by a young orphan boy who expects the marshal and his wife to adopt him. Tessa struggles between her loyalty to her real criminal boyfriend and her growing feelings for Maybe, but each man wants to rob the towns bank.The film was mostly filmed on the Universal backlot with some location shooting at the Janss Conejo Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California. During filming, Gia Scala learned her mother was dying of cancer and only had three months to live the day after she heard the news, Scala was involved in a car accident caused by her drinking and driving. ........

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