Kirk Douglas in THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN… Available on Blu-ray From Warner Archive

“Ah, nothing like fried chicken while it’s still hot and crispy! So the quicker you open that safe and give us the money, the quicker you can get back to that tasty-looking chicken.”

Kirk Douglas in THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN…(1970) is currently available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive

Kirk Douglas plays a charming inmate scheming to recover $500K in stolen loot he has hidden away, while Henry Fonda looms as his new prison warden. Each man will find the tables turning in this boisterous yet blistering Western packed with brawls, shootouts and wry wit. Hume Cronyn, Burgess Meredith, Warren Oates and Lee Grant provide sterling support in this devilishly entertaining film by Academy Award® winner(Directing and Writing (Screenplay) for Both A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a script by David Newman and Robert Benton (Bonnie and Clyde).

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