Walk a Crooked Path

Walk a Crooked Path (also known as Twilight Man ^{[citation needed]}) is a 1969 British crime film directed by John Brason and starring Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook and Patricia Haines.^[1][2] It was written by Barry Perowne.

Walk a Crooked Path
Directed by	John Brason
Written by	Barry Perowne
Produced by	John Brason Derek Horne
Starring	Tenniel Evans Faith Brook Patricia Haines
Cinematography	John Taylor
Edited by	Ron Pope
Music by	Leslie Bridgewater
Production company	Hanover Productions
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service
Release date	October 1969 (1969-10)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

At a boarding school, a man plans to murder his wealthy teacher wife.

Cast

• Tenniel Evans as John Hemming
• Faith Brook as Elizabeth Hemming
• Christopher Coll as Bill Coleman
• Patricia Haines as Nancy Coleman
• Clive Endersby as Philip Dreeper
• Georgina Simpson as Elaine
• Margery Mason as Aunt Mildred
• Georgina Cookson as Imogen Dreeper
• Peter Copley as Arnold Oberon
• Paul Dawkins as Inspector
• Barry Perowne as Unwins
• Robert Powell as Mullvaney

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Walk a Crooked Path is the end product of a daunting series of production problems which began in 1966. Twice commenced and twice abandoned, it was eventually taken over by the present company who decided to scrap everything that had already been filmed, salvaging from the second attempt the composer and three of the cast. Finished and released at last, the story turns out to be rather reminiscent of The Children's Hour (a pupil's accusation, unwittingly accurate, that his teacher is homosexual), but the film is an efficient little piece, ably directed and performed and very attractively scored, although marred by some distracting lumps of padding and a dire lack of light relief in the otherwise capable writing."^[3]

In The Radio Times Guide to Films Adrian Turner gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "The plot is quite clever, revealed in flashbacks and sudden twists and revelling in the rather risqué elements."^[4]