There Was a Crooked Man… (1970, USA) C-126m. SCOPE *** D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz..Starring Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, John Randolph, Lee Grant, Victor French. Ribald western comedy about criminal par excellence Douglas, who finds himself in prison but gets by well, thanks to his wits, but all this changes when Fonda becomes the new warden. Stars are in fine form in this solid piece of entertainment. Written by David Newman and Robert Benton. Photographed by Harry Stradling Jr.