Synopsis
Robert Ryan and Stewart Granger clash over a secret too dangerous to keep in The Crooked Road, a breathless tale of corruption and intrigue based on the novel by Morris L. West. It's been 10 years since the Duke of Orgagna (Stewart Granger) married the woman (Nadia Gray) they both loved. and now journalist Richard Ashley (Robert Ryan) is about to have his revenge. Days away from publishing an expose that will topple the Balkan leader, all Ashley needs are photostats of private letters that prove the Duke guilty of fraud. When his contact is murdered and Orgagna frames him for the crime, Ashley must locate the documents before the Duke decides to kill the story by killing the reporter.