Johnny on the Run
6.7
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
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Cast
22 people
Eugeniusz Chylek
Sydney Tafler
Known for
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Lavender Hill Mob
Lewis Gilbert
Also in
Moonraker: 007 in Rio
Dick Turpin
Pat Latham
Eric Cass
Michael Balfour
Known for
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Candleshoe
Victor Lyndon
George Sturt
Edna Wynn
John Gilbert
Village Boy
Also in
Devils Are Dreaming
The March Hare
Jean Anderson
Mrs. MacIntyre
Known for
The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Lady Vanishes
David Coote
Karl
Known for
Indiscreet
Lewis Gilbert Director · Patricia Latham Writer Monica Kimick Editor
First release June 1, 1953 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production International Realist
Production
Children's Film Foundation (CFF)
Production · Distribution
International Realist
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 1, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
October 14, 1956
Finland
October 11, 1957
Germany
November 22, 1957
Sweden
December 19, 1954
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