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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Alpha Video
EAN: 0089218462299
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
MPN: 4622
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 77 minutes
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1950
Editorial Review:
Description:
Frank Johnson, walking his dog alone on a dark and deserted San Francisco street, witnesses a gangland murder. The police ask him to testify to the Grand Jury, but instead he goes into hiding. Trailing him is Inspector Ferris and Johnson's wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), who thinks her husband is running away from their failing marriage. Newspaperman Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe) joins in the hunt, promising to pay Eleanor $1,000 if she'll give him Frank's story when they find him. Eleanor and the reporter start gathering clues to Frank's whereabouts. An unexplained suicide and unidentified corpse keep them on the run, dodging the police, private eyes and the mysterious killer - all of them trying to get to Frank first. Along the way Eleanor finds out things about her husband's life that she never knew. By the time she realizes where he's hiding and who's really behind the gangster hit, it might be too late.Ann Sheridan, whose film career started in the early 1930s, got her big break in 1937, appearing in The Great O'Malley with Humphrey Bogart. In 1938, she appeared with James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces followed by a succession of film noir mysteries and dramas including, They Made Me a Criminal, with John Garfield and numerous others.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
What a pleasure it is to come across an old suspense noir you've either forgotten about or never heard of and discover it's a solid and engrossing movie. Woman on the Run, starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe, is that movie. It's the story of a man out walking his dog one night in San Francisco who witnesses a mob-related killing...and realizes the killer saw him. The cops plan to take him into protective custody but he doesn't trust them to keep him alive. He has another idea. He disappears. ... Read More
Rating:  -
The previous Amazon reviewers have done a good job of summarizing the plot of this 1950 B-movie noir. They have done equally well with the numerous faults to be found in this unimpressive, barebones edition.
Overall, "Woman on the Run" is enjoyable enough on its own merits. It is a member of the large sub-class of San Francisco-based movies. And that's what I'll take as my text.
The film seems to be one of those that followed along the trail blazed by 1947's "The Naked ... Read More
Rating: -
Since there are no other DVD's with this movie, I must recommend it highly for noir fans-- but it IS Alpha, and extremely poor video quality. For the price, and for the movie, go for it! Then toss it when a better one comes along.
Rating:  -
At least Alpha Video appears to be consistent. I've purchased two of them, and both are unwatchable. This movie would probably be a B or B+ if you could make out what the characters are saying or not be bothered incessantly by skipped dialogue and a horribe DVD picture transfer.
Even the gorgeous Ann Sheridan doesn't look so hot in this movie. It may be that God-awful hair style. Or else it's just the D-- picture quality.
Next DVD you buy - check to be certain its not an ... Read More
Rating: -
This is a better than average example of its genre. It moves right along, interesting characters,always fun to see old San Francisco!
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