Romance on the Run (1938)

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in recovering a stolen necklace. In the process also gets involved with a secretary at the ...

Director:

Gus Meins

Writers:

Jack Townley (screenplay), Eric Taylor (original story)

Stars:

Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley

Cast

Cast overview:
Donald Woods	...	Barry Drake
Patricia Ellis	...	Dale Harrison
Grace Bradley	...	Lily Lamont
Edward Brophy	...	Whitey Whitehouse
William Demarest	...	Police Lt. Eckhardt
Craig Reynolds	...	Charlie Cooper
Andrew Tombes	...	J.W. Ridgeway
Bert Roach	...	Happy Drunk
Leon Weaver	...	Pappy Hatfield
Edwin Maxwell	...	Mondoon
Granville Bates	...	Phelps
Jean Joyce	...	Dolly
Georgia Simmons	...	Ma Hatfield

Storyline

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in recovering a stolen necklace. In the process also gets involved with a secretary at the insurance company.

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Plot Keywords:

theft

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 1938 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min 53 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Are You a Dreamer?"
(uncredited)
Written by Jack Lawrence and Peter Tinturin

User Reviews

A fast paced little movie

When a valuable necklace is stolen the insurance agent who mistakenly issued the policy suspects the suave and handsome man that her boss has hired to get it back and who the inept police officer (William Demarest) on the case also suspects. They follow him and his valet (Edward Brophy)as they in turn are following a nightclub singer and her boyfriend. The group finds themselves on a train and then at a shack out in the middle of nowhere with guns pointed at them by country folks who distrust "city people in circus clothes".

It all ends happily of course and in just under an hour. The actors are very good and some very funny situations.