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Man on the Run (1949)

Man on the Run poster
Directed by
Lawrence Huntington
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is wrongly accused of a crime and has to flee from the police. He tries to clear his name while staying one step ahead of the law.

tensesuspensefulgrittydarkurgentnoirishbleaklow-key

What happens

Man on the Run is a 1949 British film noir directed, written and produced by Lawrence Huntington, and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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