The Crooked Man (2003)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 17, 2003Release Date
The Crooked Man (2003)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 17, 2003Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Harry Fielding is an investigative reporter with a brief to covertly document the compromising exploits of public figures. Incriminating evidence captured on his camera is used by his unscrupulous boss, Hamilton, to blackmail the very people they are supposed to be protecting. The tables are turned when Fielding and Hamilton themselves become the subject of scrutiny and are plunged into a world of Subterfuge, Intrigue, blackmail and murder.
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Cast & Crew.
Ross Kemp
Harry Fielding
Liam Cunningham
Hamilton
Natasha Little
Lisa Talbot
Michael Byrne
Archie Saunders
Rupert Frazer
Douglas Jenner
Alan McKenna
Alex Simpson
Jake Wood
George
Karen Wallace-Jones
Sarah Miller
Details.
This Movie Is About.
blackmail
murder
intrigue
investigative journalist
subterfuge
Wiki.
The Crooked Man is a British crime drama film, written by Shaun McKenna and directed by David Drury, that first broadcast on ITV on 17 December 2003. The film stars Ross Kemp as Harry Fielding, an investigative reporter and government spy who becomes embroiled in a twisted case of murder and blackmail involving his bosses Hamilton and Saunders.
The film itself based upon the novel of the same name by Philip Davison, and was commissioned as part of ITV's Christmas Drama slate for 2003. Against stiff competition, the film gathered 5.66m viewers on its debut broadcast. The film was released on Region 2 DVD via Studio Canal in 2004, exclusively in the Netherlands.