Anne Baxter starred in this intriguing thriller opposite Richard Todd – which was made in England – and as shown below she also appeared on stage that same year in the West End at the Duke of York’s Theatre in ‘The Joshua Tree’

Whether she came over here for the stage play and then was offered the film role – or maybe the other way round – I do not know

ABOVE – Richard Todd, Anne Baxter, Herbert Lom and Alexander Knox played the main characters in ‘Chase a Crooked Shadow’

This was one of the last films Richard Todd made under his ‘one a year’ contract with Associated British Pictures and it turned out rather well with an absorbing storyline climaxing in a surprise twist, right at the very end

William Sylvester and Hugh McDermott joined Anne Baxter in this stage play

Shortly after returning to Hollywood, Anne Baxter met her second husband Randolph Gait and then, between 1960 and 1963, she abandoned her film career to live on a ranch in the remote Australian outback. She described the experience in her book, Intermission: A True Story.

It turned out to be a disaster. He was the macho ‘outdoors’ type and in that remote and basic environment, she kept herself mainly indoors as far as she could. That is not a formula for marital success, I wouldn’t have thought.

This report elaborates a little :

Following a visit to Australia for filming of “The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll” Anne Baxter married Randolph Galt, a wealthy American with property interests in Australia.  The wedding took place in Honolulu on 18 February 1960 and the newlyweds, together with Anne’s daughter from a previous marriage, came to live at a place called “Giro”, Galt’s extensive rural holding north of Gloucester – inland of Sydney

However, Anne found the reality of rural Australia unpalatable. Her daughter was at boarding school and she missed her career. In 1963 the Galts returned to the USA, but their marriage was not destined to last. Notwithstanding the birth of two daughters, Melissa and Maginel, Anne and Randolph were divorced in 1970