Woman on the Run is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Norman Foster and starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on the April 1948 short story "Man on the Run" by Sylvia Tate.
Storyline:
Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith), on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe), Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
Credits:
Ann Sheridan as Eleanor Johnson
Dennis O'Keefe as Daniel Legget
Robert Keith as Inspector Martin Ferris
John Qualen as Maibus
Frank Jenks as Detective Shaw
Ross Elliott as Frank Johnson
Jane Liddell as messenger girl
Joan Shawlee as tipsy blonde in bar (as Joan Fulton)
J. Farrell MacDonald as sea captain
Steven Geray as Dr. Hohler
Victor Sen Yung as Sam
Reiko Sato as Suzie (as Rako Sato)
Syd Saylor as Sullivan, the bartender
Milton Kibbee as man yelling from apartment house (uncredited)
Tom Dillon as Joe Gordon (as Thomas P. Dillon)
