Ride a Crooked Trail

1958 Rated NR · ⭐ 6.4 · Votes: 13

“Alone . . . he faced the deadly crossfire of a killer mob . . . and a fear-crazed town!”

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