British drama about a school master (Tenniel Evans) who is unhappily married to a shrew (Faith Brook) and has just been passed over again as head of the school. While he seems philosophical about it, she is furious and dwells on how far she has fallen socially since her carefree days as the daughter of a rich man.
Right up through its hokey final shot (stolen from IN COLD BLOOD and executed purely film-textbook style), WALK A CROOKED PATH is a dramatic train wreck of a movie, the sort of misfire that ensures its director (John Brason) would not get another helming assignment. I am a fanatical lover of obscure films (my excel file of films I've seen that are not listed at all in IMDb is now over 1,400, including short films), but temporarily I met my match with WALK.
