Walk a Crooked Mile is a 1948 American anti-communist, Cold War crime film, directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Dennis O'Keefe and Louis Hayward.

Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Dan O'Hara teams up with Scotland Yard detective Philip Grayson, to hunt down the perpetrators responsible for the leak.

At least one of the scientists at the nuclear plant is suspected of being involved in the clandestine espionage operation and the two investigators set out to find the mole and work out how the complex formulas are being smuggled out.

Hoover was involved with a big 1945 hit The House on 92nd Street, a movie about the FBI's pursuit and conquest of domestic Nazis that showcased the agency's methods and skills.

"[5] The staff at Variety gave the film a favorable review, writing that the "Action swings to San Francisco and back to the southland, punching hard all the time under the knowledgeable direction of Gordon Douglas.