Man on the Run
6.7
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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Cast
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Derek Farr
Sgt. Peter Burden
Known for
The Dam Busters
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Joan Hopkins
Jean Adams
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Edward Chapman
Chief Inspector Mitchell
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Things to Come
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Laurence Harvey
Detective Sergeant Lawson
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The Manchurian Candidate
The Alamo
Howard Marion-Crawford
1st Paratrooper
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Lawrence of Arabia
The Man in the White Suit
Alfie Bass
Bert the Barge Mate
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Lavender Hill Mob
John Bailey
Dan Underwood, Burglar
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Holocaust
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
John Stuart
Det. Inspector Jim McBane
Known for
Number Seventeen
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Edward Underdown
Slim Elfey
Known for
Beat the Devil
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Leslie Perrins
Charlie
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
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Kenneth More
Corp. Newman the Blackmailer
Known for
A Night to Remember
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Martin Miller
Tony - Cafe Proprietor
Known for
Peeping Tom
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Lawrence Huntington Director · Wilkie Cooper Cinematographer Monica Kimick Editor
United States release August 29, 1951 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Associated British Picture Corporation
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 20, 1949
Theatrical
United States · August 29, 1951
Germany
April 14, 1950 · Theatrical · Omnium
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