WOMAN ON THE RUN(1950)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics
A man witnesses a murder of an informant by
A review from IMDb.com:
WOMAN ON THE RUN is an infinitely better and
This really should be called "Man On The Run"!!
a gangster and the police wants him to point
out the man who did it! He's afraid that they'll
try to shut him up and takes it on the lam! His
wife and a reporter go out to try and find him
before the gangsters do! B+
more rewarding movie experience now than when
it was released in 1950. Saw it back then when
I was a child and the only thing I remembered
was the terrifically-exciting roller coaster
sequence. Seeing it again on DVD makes me
appreciate everything about it, a film noir
classic. To make such a no-nonsense, concise
and plausible crime thriller with a sensational
finale today certainly seems to be asking for
the impossible. Ann Sheridan, of a certain
age, never sexier and looking like a million
dollars, dominates the screen, as usual.
She can do anything, but overact. She's
the real thing. Scenes in this movie bear
comparison to Orson Welles' TOUCH OF EVIL
and Alfred Hitchcock'S STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
This is a gem - hard-boiled, splendidly-acted,
written and photographed. - frankdistefano
Ann Sheridan ... Eleanor Johnson
Dennis O'Keefe ... Dan Legget
Robert Keith ... Police Inspector Ferris
John Qualen ... Maibus
Frank Jenks ... Detective Shaw
Ross Elliott ... Frank Johnson
Jane Liddell ... Department Store Messenger Girl
Joan Shawlee ... Blonde in Bar (as Joan Fulton)
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Sea Captain at Beach
Steven Geray ... Dr. Arnold Hohler
Victor Sen Yung ... Sam
Reiko Sato ... Suzie (as Rako Sato)
Syd Saylor ... Sullivan - Bartender
Tom Dillon ... Joe Gordon (as Thomas P. Dillon)
Frank Baker ... Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers ... Steve Carruthers - Optometrist (uncredited)
Spencer Chan ... Chinese Waiter (uncredited)
Mike Donovan ... Irish Cop (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Coroner (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee ... Man Yelling from Apartment House (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien ... Waiter at Sullivan's Grotto (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ... Reporter (uncredited)
Lee Roberts ... Cop (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Police Detective (uncredited)
Sammee Tong ... Witness to Suzie's Fall (uncredited)
Ray Walker ... Piano Player (uncredited)
Eddy Waller ... Embarcadero Storekeeper (uncredited)
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