The buddy film was not invented with Newman and Redford. Long Before, these two actors hit it off together splendidly.
As far as I know, they sadly never repeated the experience. What a pity!
The plot takes second seat in all this. You really root for these two guys. Maybe Gordon Douglas drew a Little from his experience with Laurel and Hardy - I don't know but the Chemistry between O'Keefe and Hayward works to such delight.
The film is otherwise the usual cloak-and-dagger in which the heroes are in reality the villains and the other way around. Don't bother about that.
Review of Walk a Crooked Mile
