| Uniform Title |
Drive a crooked road (Motion picture : 1954) |
| Title |
Drive a crooked road. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2022. |
| ©1954 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (83 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4676. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
| Adapted from "The Wheel Man", a story by Canadian James Benson Nablo. |
| "Why would a dame like her go for a guy like me?" -- Cover. |
| "The hard boiled film noir classic" -- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed by Richard Quine ; Screenplay by Blake Edwards. |
| Performers |
Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster. |
| Summary |
An upright mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This leads him into the criminal underworld. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9, 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles: English HOH. |
| Subjects |
Nablo, James Benson -- Film adaptations |
| Automobile mechanics -- Drama |
| Bank robberies -- Drama |
| Organised crime -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Film noir |
| Gangster films |
| Crime films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Quine, Richard, 1920-1989 director |
| Edwards, Blake, 1922-2010 screenwriter. |
| Rooney, Mickey actor. |
| Foster, Dianne, 1928-2019 actor. |
| Nablo, James Benson. Wheel Man Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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