Run for the Sun (1956)

Run for the Sun (1956) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1956 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Roy Boulting

Written By:
Roy Boulting
Richard Connell

Actors:
Richard Widmark ..... Michael 'Mike' Latimer
Trevor Howard ..... Browne
Jane Greer ..... Katherine 'Katie' Connors
Peter van Eyck ..... Dr. Van Anders aka Col. Wilham Von Andre
Juan García ..... Fernandez
José Antonio Carbajal ..... Paco
José Chávez ..... Pedro (as José Chávez Trowe)
Guillermo Calles ..... Paco
Margarito Luna ..... Gran-Hotel Proprietor
Guillermo Bravo Sosa ..... Gran-Hotel Waiter
Enedina Díaz de León ..... Paco's Wife

Synopsis:

Katie Connors is a journalist for Sight magazine and she has made a specialty of writing exposés of well-known personalities. She manages to track down Mike Latimer, a famous author who is now living in a small, remote Mexican fishing village. Latimer was always larger than life, a hunter and fisherman who actually lived the tall tales that he wrote about. What Katie finds is someone who has lost his ability to write and she decides not to pursue the story. Latimer offers to fly her to Mexico City but due to a navigational error, they run out of fuel and are forced to land on a remote ranch owned by an Englishman, Mr. Browne. There is something familiar about the man and Latimer finally realizes who he is. A former British diplomat stationed in Berlin in 1937, Browne became a rabid Nazi and had to flee after Germany lost the war. Now that his secret is known however, Latimer and Connors must find a way to escape before he kills them.

Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests.

Filmed in Mexico, Run for the Sun was the second official remake of Richard Connell's classic suspense yarn The Most Dangerous Game. This time, Trevor Howard stars as Browne, the wealthy hermit who thrives on hunting down human beings like wild animals. As a means of updating the story, Howard is transformed into a British traitor, hiding in the Mexican jungle with his wartime compatriots, Nazis Van Anders (Peter Van Eyck) and Jan (Carlos Henning). When their plane is forced to land in Browne's domain, Mike Latimer (Richard Widmark) and Katy Conners (Jane Greer) are captured by the villains. Browne offers his captives an hour's head-start to freedom, then sics his hunting dogs on the hapless pair. The rest of the film details the strenuous efforts by Latimer and Conners to escape with their lives.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 18 December, 2011.

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