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Ride a Crooked Mile is a american film of genre Western directed by Alfred E. Green released in USA on 9 december 1938 with Akim Tamiroff
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 december 1938
Length 1h10
Directed by Alfred E. Green
OriginUSA
Genres Western
Rating65%
Ride a Crooked Mile is a 1938 American Western film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Jack Moffitt and Ferdinand Reyher. The film stars Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer, Lynne Overman, John Miljan and J. M. Kerrigan. The film was released on December 9, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.
Actors
Akim Tamiroff
(Mike Balan)
Leif Erickson
(Johnny Simpkins)
Frances Farmer
(Trina)
Lynne Overman
(Oklahoma)
John Miljan
(Lt. Col. Stuart)
J. M. Kerrigan
(Sgt. Flynn)
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