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Dept. Of Dusting Off Old Journal Features:


FILM NOIR OF THE NOW
Woman on the Run, dir. Norman Foster, scr. Alan Campbell/Norman Foster, 1950. Starring Ann Sheridan.



I got a deal for you. You find your husband, with my help. Give me an exclusive for 24 hours and I'll get my paper to pay you for it.

Trying to buy me, so soon?

First I'll try to buy you, then I'll try to win you.

Isn't that the reverse of the usual procedure?

I'm a perverse fellow. On second thought, Mrs. J, I find you very attractive. I may try and win you right off.

No thanks, I'd rather be bought.

Very mercenary.

RECAP: A struggling painter with a heart condition witnesses a murder, and flees the scene when he realizes that testifying in a trial would get him killed. His hardboiled wife, with the help of a cynical reporter, tries to track him down to give him his reverse-MacGuffin heart pills, while dodging a detective hell-bent on getting his witness.

THIS SHIT IS AWESOME: Ann Sheridan! Witty banter! A guided tour of San Francisco! And, the clincher, a brilliant ending set-piece involving a rollercoaster and one of those terrifying animatronic laughing sailors.

FOR FANS OF: The Lady From Shanghai, The File on Thelma Jordon, fierce ladies, San Francisco

Bonus: it's public domain, holla.