Man on the Run

Man on the Run

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1949-05-20
Duration:82 min
Director:Lawrence Huntington
Actors:Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey, Howard Marion-Crawford
Production:Associated British Picture Corporation

Overview:

An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.

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