Chase a Crooked Shadow is a suspense film in which a woman has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity. It stars Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Richard Todd OBE was an Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier.-Early life:Richard Todd was born as Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for...

, Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter was an American actress known for her performances in films such as The Magnificent Ambersons , The Razor's Edge , All About Eve and The Ten Commandments .-Early life:...

, and Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom is a Czech film actor, best known for his role as former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movie series.-Life and career:...

 as a policeman.

The guitar music that forms a significant part of the soundtrack is played by Julian Bream

Julian Bream

Julian Bream, CBE is an English classical guitarist and lutenist and is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century. He has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance lute....

.

The film was remade in India twice: Bengali-language film Sheshankaa (1963), and the Tamil-language film Puthiya Paravai (1964).

Cast

• Richard Todd as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
• Anne Baxter as Kimberley Prescott
• Herbert Lom as Vargas
• Faith Brook
  Faith Brook
  Faith Brook is an English actress who has appeared on stage, in films and on television.Her father was the actor Clive Brook, and her brother Lyndon Brook was also an actor. Her first credited film appearance was The Jungle Book in 1942...
  
   as Elaine Whitman
• Alexander Knox
  Alexander Knox
  Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and author of adventure novels set in the Great Lakes area during the 19th century.-Biography:...
  
   as Chandler Brisson
• Alan Tilvern
  Alan Tilvern
  Alan Tilvern was a British film and television actor. He is best known for his role as R.K. Maroon in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.-Television appearances:* Doctor Who serial, Planet of Giants...
  
  as Carlos
• Thelma D'Aguilar as Maria