Woman on the Run (1950) in 35mm

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When
October 20, 2019 <m>(Sunday)
Where
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (US)
Phone: 301.495.6700
Website: https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/m-0100000240

Event Details

Special Features: Introduction by Eddie Muller, post-screening discussion with Muller and Imogen Sara Smith. FREE screening co-presented with the National Gallery of Art; limit 2 tickets per person.

San Franciscan Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) disappears after witnessing a gangland killing. Police think his wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan) will lead them to her husband, but she never wants to see him again. Enter newspaperman Dan Legget (Dennis O'Keefe), who charms Eleanor with stunning results. This shot-on-location thriller is one of the best cinematic depictions ever of mid-20th-century San Francisco. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR/SCR Norman Foster; SCR Alan Campbell, from the story "Man on the Run" by Sylvia Tate; PROD Howard Welsch. U.S., 1950, b&w, 77 min. NOT RATED 


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