Alfred Hitchcock presents: The Crooked Road (TV)
1958·United States·25 min.
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Harry Adams and his wife are driving cross-country through a rural Deep South town when a local speed trap ensnares the young couple. The corrupt redneck police officer, Chandler, arrests them and attempts to extort money from them. The more sophisticated and civilized vacationers from the Big Apple protest their innocence. But the worse they protest, the more the charges, cost & beatings inflicted by Officer Chandler and the entire town of corrupt rednecks becomes. Even Mrs. Adams sincere attempts to mollify the highway robbery patrol doesn't work. How more bad can it get? Yet, the "victim" Mr. Adams, as well as his wife, are not who they appear to be...
DirectorPaul Henreid
CinematographyJohn L. Russell
CastAlfred Hitchcock·Richard Kiley·Walter Matthau·Patricia Breslin·Richard Erdman·Charles Watts·Peter Dane
Original titleAlfred Hitchcock presents: The Crooked Road (TV)
Also known asThe Crooked Road