He Ran All the Way (1951)

December 11, 2024 1:13 PM

[TRAILER] Nick (John Garfield) and his partner Al stage a payroll holdup. Al is shot, and Nick shoots a policeman. Nick hides out at a public pool, where he meets Peg Dobbs (Shelley Winters). They go back to her apartment, and he forces her family to hide him from the police.

Also starring Wallace Ford, Selena Royle, Bobby Hyatt.

Directed by John Berry. Screenplay by Hugo Butler, Dalton Trumbo. Based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Sam Ross. Produced by Bob Roberts for Roberts Pictures/United Artists. Cinematography by James Wong Howe. Edited by Francis D. Lyon. Music by Franz Waxman.

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posted by DirtyOldTown (2 comments total)

John Garfield's last performance is a good one. His death, shortly after, was so exhaustively covered by the media at the time that "John Garfield Is Still Dead Syndrome" became a running joke, possibly the first of the various 20th century "________ is still dead" memes.

Shelley Winters is hard to pin down here, which is exactly what the role calls for.

The whole thing plays out like a little noir chamberpiece. James Wong Howe's cinematography is excellent.

(asked the mods to fix the mistaken reference to "James" Garfield in the blurb)
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:18 PM on December 11, 2024 [1 favorite]

This was the first movie I saw with Garfield. He and Beat Takeshi look so much alike and have a kind of similar vibe, I could never stop thinking about it. I remember like this movie just fine.
posted by fleacircus at 12:54 AM on December 14, 2024