Best movie of this year hands down!

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

One of the best "made for TV" movies ever.A clever movie and enough convolution to enjoy. Everything works in this film and I highly recommend it.I've watched it many times. I'm not a great fan of the two leads, and I don't think they work all that well together, but they're not together that much. It is great despite this.I enjoyed seeing sights again from England, where I spend a couple years of my life.It has never been released, but I have a copy I got from someone in Australia (region 4) and converted it to US (region 0). (Originally broadcasts, recorded onto VHS, then DVD.) It is worth it.

Run a Crooked Mile was a film made for TV and filmed in England and Europe with a cast mainly of British actors. Although made by Universal's TV branch-which probably explains the two leads are Louis Jourdan and Mary Tyler Moore-it plays as good as a theatrically made film.Jourdan plays a London-based mathematics teacher who, when following a car that sideswiped his, arrives at Buckley Manor, where he stumbles on a group of wealthy financiers manipulating the gold standard. Confronting one of them later, he is struck on the head. When he wakes up he discovers that two years have passed, he's now in Geneva, married, and is in hospital recovering from a fall off his polo pony! Of course he's now called Tony Sutton instead of Richard Stuart. The next step is to make ANYONE believe him, as almost everyone Jourdan comes into contact with is part of the conspiracy. He eventually returns to England and exposes the crooks.This is a film that really should be released commercially by Universal (along with other of their great made for TV films). Other comments call for a remake, but this film is so good that it NEVER should be remade! The photography is great and so are the performances from top to bottom. We sympathize with Jourdan and he's quite good in the film, and also Mary Tyler Moore gives an unusually good performance. Best in the cast is the great Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dr. Ralph Sawyer, and also Stanley Holloway in a smaller part as a caretaker. Also excellent are Alexander Knox as Sir Howard Nettleton, Terence Alexander as Private Eye Peter Martin, Laurence Naismith (Lord Dunsford), Ronald Howard (Inspector Huntington), and Norman Bird (Sergeant Hooper).Trevor Wallace wrote a brilliant script, it's a pity he died so young and wrote so few film scripts. There are many memorable quotes (like Hyde-White to Jourdan: "I had two great vices-poetry and gambling. Poetry enriches the soul; gambling depletes the bank account.") or when Holloway is talking to the police-trying to tell them Jourdan must be crazy: "Maybe you can find some little green men in the drive too!"

I remember seeing this as a kid and thought it was one of the best movies I'd ever seen. I saw it again as an adult and still thought it great. I'm with the guy above...I'd LOVE to be able to buy this movie. I hate it that "made for TV movies" are so hard to get on VHS or DVD! By the way, when watching Mary Tyler Moore, I never ONCE thought of Laura Petrie!!! She underplays her role to perfection! And Louis Jordan - OOH LAH LAH! I'd hadn't seen Gigi yet so I didn't know that the term "Tall, Dark & Handsome" was written first for Mr. Jordan. Alexander Knox has such a great voice. But you never even suspect that he's in on it until you hear that unmistakable voice right at the climactic moment of revelation!

This really should be re-made today ! Its got a brilliant twist and keeps the audience guessing throughout. Louis Jordan is an excellent hero. Mary Tyler Moore is his , initially sceptic, companion. The polo match injury in hospital scene is one of those "OH yeah!" cinematic moments. I would love to see this movie released and will pay good money to get a copy. If anyone ever hears about how to get hold of a copy please contact me!!! Or simply put a review comment down here so that we can all get a copy ! I actually emailed the BBC to get this re-scheduled on TV and they said they would. Nowadays, Brad Pitt would play Louis Jordan's role and Julia Roberts could be the Mary Tyler Moor role. 10/10 Fantastic !