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Girl on the Run (1958)

Girl on the Run poster
Directed by
Richard L. Bare
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective investigates a case involving a missing woman. He follows clues through a web of suspects and danger.

detectivemysterysuspensefulretrofast-pacedlightheartedplottednoir-tinged

What happens

Girl on the Run is a 1958 private detective film directed by Richard L. Bare and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Erin O'Brien, Shepperd Strudwick, Edd Byrnes and Barton MacLane. The film is based on characters and situations created by writer Roy Huggins in a series of 1940s novels and novellas. It aired on ABC as the pilot episode for 77 Sunset Strip after a brief theatrical release in the Caribbean. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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