Woman on the Run

1950
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1h 17m

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7.2/10

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Dennis O'Keefe and Ann Sheridan in Woman on the Run (1950)

Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.

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Film Noir Crime Drama Thriller

Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

5.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Blonde
(as Joan Fulton)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Sea Captain

Steven Geray

Dr. Hohler

Victor Sen Yung

Reiko Sato

Suzie
(as Rako Sato)

Syd Saylor

Sullivan

Tom Dillon

Joe Gordon
(as Thomas P. Dillon)

Frank Baker

Morgue Attendant
(uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Steve Carruthers
(uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Chinese Waiter
(uncredited)

Mike Donovan

Irish Cop
(uncredited)

Director
- Norman Foster
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Trivia
The only known print of this film was destroyed in a fire in June of 2008, leaving only a few very low-quality--basically unwatchable--prints in the public domain. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic's "Noir Alley", did a bit of detective work and found a 35mm print at the British Film Institute. He had it shipped to UCLA Film and Television Archive where, with financial help from Muller's own organization, the Film Noir Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, the film was preserved for future generations. This is one of Muller's favorite noir films for a number of reasons, including the pairing of two great actors, Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe , who wrote their own dialogue, but mostly because of its use of San Francisco, Eddie's home town, while it was still a bustling, growing, blue-collar seaport.

Goofs
Later in the movie Mrs. Johnson, Danny, and a police officer (in that order) climb into the back seat of a car and are driven to police headquarters. When they arrive, they get get out in a completely different order. They would have had to climb over each other to get out of the car they way they did.

Quotes
Inspector Ferris: Don't you eat anything but dog food?
Eleanor Johnson: He's not particular, and I'm lazy, so we eat out.

Connections
Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

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9/10

Excellent film noir with a hard-as-nails performance by Ann Sheridan

WOMAN ON THE RUN is an infinitely better and 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.