Woman On The Run 1950 ★★★½ (CC) Crime/Film-noir [1:18:31]

About this film

Woman on the Run is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Norman Foster and starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on the April 1948 short story "Man on the Run" by Sylvia Tate. Plot: Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith), on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe), Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor. The film exists in the public domain and was restored and preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Directors & creators

Howard Welsch

Subjects

Film-noir, CrimeAnn Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Eyewitness, Murder, Lam, 1950

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