Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), a window-dresser and struggling artist, accidentally witnesses a mob-related rub-out of a witness (Thomas P. Dillon), while out walking his dog one night -- after being shot at for his trouble, he's approached by the police, who want to put him into protective custody. But before they can do that, he runs out, and it's up to Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) to find him before the killer does. He approaches Johnson's wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), only to discover that not only were they the most ...
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Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), a window-dresser and struggling artist, accidentally witnesses a mob-related rub-out of a witness (Thomas P. Dillon), while out walking his dog one night -- after being shot at for his trouble, he's approached by the police, who want to put him into protective custody. But before they can do that, he runs out, and it's up to Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) to find him before the killer does. He approaches Johnson's wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), only to discover that not only were they the most distant -- nearly estranged -- couple he's ever encountered, but that she doesn't want to help find him, or care if he is found. Then she learns that he has a potentially serious heart condition that he never told her about, and that he has no medication -- she decides to try and find him to give him help, dodging the police with help from a pushy reporter named Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe), covering his job and all of his old haunts; and in the process, she discovers a man that she never really bothered to know or understand, one who not only wanted to love her but does love her, despite the way their marriage has gone, and discovers that there may still be a marriage worth saving. But to do that she's got to find him to head off not only a potentially fatal heart seizure but also save him from the killer who, unbeknownst to her, is just a step behind her and has already started covering her trail and murdering potential witnesses. Bruce Eder, Rovi
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I look forward every year to attending the Film Noir Festival held at the local A.F.I. Silver Theater in downtown Silver Spring. With these uncertain times, I don't know whether the Festival will take place this year.
Fortunately, I can watch film noir on Amazon Prime. I thought of the noir festival in watching this 1950 film, "Woman on the Run" directed by Norman Johnson and starring Ann Sheridan as, well, the woman on the run, Eleanor Johnson. This film has close ties to the Film Noir festival. It was in the public domain and only poor copies were available. It was restored with help from the Film Noir Foundation, the organization which sponsors the annual Noir Festival. The Foundation's director, Eddie Muller, known as the 'Czar of Noir" frequently appears to introduce films at the Noir Festival and has a particular fondness for "Woman on the Run". In fact, the film was featured at the 2019 Noir Festival in a free showing that I didn't have the opportunity to see.
This film is outstanding noir and Festival material. It was inexpensively produced and shot in black and white. Hal Mohr's cinematography is a major attraction of this film, with its emphasis on San Francisco, its streets, cable cars, storefronts, and waterfront. The film reaches its climax in a scene in an amusement park and on a roller coaster. Ann Sheridan beautifully portrays a caustic, sharp tongued woman who comes to realize almost too late that her artist husband loves her and that she loves him. The movie takes many twists after the husband witnesses a gangland murder and tries to go into hiding. A tabloid newspaper man Danny Legget, (Dennis O'Keefe) tries to work Mrs Johnson for a story while a hard-boiled investigator, Martin Ferris, (Robert Keith) tries to find the killer and to protect Johnson.
"Woman on the Run" is a quick-paced effective noir which reminded me of how difficult it is to know the people one lives with and how easy it is to miss love.. It also reminded me of the Film Noir Festival and of the many things that make life a delight that are on necessary hold during this pandemic. I was glad to be able to watch "Woman on the Run" during the stay at home time and to think of better days.
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