Ride a Crooked Trail
(1958)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 26 votes
Year: 1958
Runtime: 88 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Уолтер Маттау, Генри Сильва, Joanna Moore, Eddie Little, Mary Field, Leo Gordon, Mort Mills, Frank Chase
Plot
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