There Was a Crooked Man

1960 film by Stuart Burge
Movie film Q3523786
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There Was a Crooked Man

Summary

There Was a Crooked Man is a film[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • There Was a Crooked Man's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • There Was a Crooked Man was directed by Stuart Burge[4].
  • James Bridie wrote the screenplay for There Was a Crooked Man[5].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's composer is recorded as Kenneth V. Jones[6].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's genre is comedy film[7].
  • There Was a Crooked Man is named after There Was a Crooked Man[8].
  • A cast member of There Was a Crooked Man was Norman Wisdom[9].
  • A cast member of There Was a Crooked Man was Alfred Marks[10].
  • A cast member of There Was a Crooked Man was Andrew Cruickshank[11].
  • There Was a Crooked Man was produced by John Bryan[12].
  • There Was a Crooked Man was produced by Albert Fennell[13].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's director of photography is recorded as Arthur Ibbetson[14].
  • The original language of There Was a Crooked Man was English[15].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • There Was a Crooked Man was released on January 1, 1960[17].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's distributed by is recorded as United Artists[18].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's filming location is recorded as Pinewood Studios[19].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's film editor is recorded as Peter R. Hunt[20].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'There Was a Crooked Man'}[21].
  • There Was a Crooked Man's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}[22].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include John Bryan[12] and Albert Fennell[13]. There Was a Crooked Man was directed by Stuart Burge[4]. James Bridie wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Norman Wisdom[9], Alfred Marks[10], and Andrew Cruickshank[11].

Publication

There Was a Crooked Man was published on January 1, 1960[17]. The original language of it was English[15]. Its genre is comedy film[7].

Why It Matters

There Was a Crooked Man has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMDb. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Producer John Bryan, Albert Fennell
    Publication date +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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