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19 June 1951 (USA) moreTagline:
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Nick and his partner Al stage a payroll holdup. Al is killed, along with a policeman. Nick hides out in a public pool... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A bad dream leads to a nightmare for a family. moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| John Garfield | ... | Nick Robey | |
| Shelley Winters | ... | Peggy Dobbs | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Fred Dobbs | |
| Selena Royle | ... | Mrs. Dobbs | |
| Robert Hyatt | ... | Tommy Dobbs (as Bobby Hyatt) | |
| Gladys George | ... | Mrs. Robey | |
| Keith Hetherington | ... | Captain of Detectives | |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Al Molin | |
| Clancy Cooper | ... | Stan, newspaper office watchman | |
| Vicki Raaf | ... | Marge, Peggy's girlfriend | |
| Robert Karnes | ... | Police Lieutenant |
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Continuity: At about 5 minutes into the movie, Nick Robey shoots a policeman. The loading dock garage door behind the policeman is half up when he is shot. Then, a second later, as he falls off the loading dock, the garage door is nearly closed. moreFAQ
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John Garfield's last film was "He Ran All the Way," about a payroll robber who hides out at a young woman's apartment, frightening and intimidating her family. Shelley Winters, Gladys George, Norman Lloyd, and Wallace Ford also star. This looks to be a small film, written by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo under another name, but I found it very tense and very good with a wonderful performance by Garfield. He's an unwilling robber due to a scary dream the night before, but his friend, Norman Lloyd, forces him to go through with it on the day planned. When Garfield shoots a policeman, he runs to an indoor public swimming pool to get rid of the briefcase and hide. There he meets Shelley Winters. He sticks with her, ends up in the apartment she shares with her parents and her brother and decides to stay.
Ruggedly handsome Garfield portrays a man capable of brutality due to his fear but who is basically good. Unfortunately the family doesn't understand how unloved he feels, and his friendly signals are rejected, causing him to act out. Winters handles a difficult role beautifully - a young woman without much life experience, attracted to this man and terrified for her family. Is her goal to get him away from them, or does she really care for him? Wallace Ford, as the frustrated father who is unable to protect his family, is excellent.
Like another poster, I would have wished for a bigger film as Garfield's last, but in the end, he handed in another excellent performance and elevated the movie. What was ahead for him? Well, he was blacklisted - perhaps his friend Clifford Odets' affirmation that Garfield had never been a member of the Communist party would have helped him, but we'll never know. Garfield died the day after Odets' testimony.