Woman on the Run(1950).

Woman on the Run(1950). Noir. Directed by Norman Foster. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe and
Robert Keith.

The story begins one evening, as Frank Johnson, is out walking his dog. He witnesses a shooting, whoever shot the man then sees Frank and shoots at him. The shot misses and killer takes off in a car.
Because Frank saw the shooter, the police now want Frank to testify. They plan to take him into protective custody.

Frank,  decides to give the police the slip, leaving behind his dog. The police contacts Frank's wife, Eleanor, hoping that she can help find him. But she believes that he is actually running away from their unhappy marriage.

Later, learning that her husband has a heart condition, Eleanor gets his medicine and goes out looking for him, with newspaperman (or is he?), Danny Leggett  who wants to write the story. Frank contacts her, in a letter with instructions on how they can secretly meet. The instructions also say he wants her remember a special event from their past. But she has trouble doing so.

Eleanor and Danny go to amusement park at night to find Frank. Danny puts Eleanor on the roller coaster ride of her life.

This movie reminded me a little like the film, Strangers on a Train. One of my favorite scenes is the amazing roller coaster scene. Also, there are some great location shooting on the streets of San Francisco. I can highly recommend this movie with  wonderful performances, especially by Ann Sheridan.

Fun Fact:

The film was shot on location in San Francisco and at Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California during the amusement park roller coaster scene.

Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was a stage and film actor who performed in many films, in the 1950s as a character actor.

He is best known for his performance as father in, Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955) and his performance in the film, The Wild One(1953), starring Marlon Brando.

Keith also had a starring role in, Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in, The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone .

Keith was married four times, but.. it was with his second wife stage actress Helena Shipman, with who he had a son in 1921, actor Brian Keith who starred in many Disney movies and in the TV show Family Affair.

Pawsome Pet Pictures: Ann Sheridan.

Personal Quote:
They nicknamed me "The Oomph Girl", and I loathe that nickname! Just being known by a nickname indicates that you're not thought of as a true actress . . . It's just crap! If you call an actress by her looks or a reaction, then that's all she'll ever be thought of as.

Ann Sheridan. "The Oomph Girl".

Ann Sheridan at the age of 19, made her first film in, Search for Beauty(1934), as Miss Texas. The story is about three shady characters, who want to make money through a fitness magazine, with cheesecake and beefcake photos.

They hire two Olympic champions as editors, Barbara an English diver and Don a U.S. swimmer. When they object to what is published in the magazine, they send them on a worldwide search for beauty. Barbara and Don want to start their own fitness farm, the three shady characters come up with a plan to stop them.

Fun Facts:

This film is part of the Paramount box set of Pre-Code films.

The whole film is about sex disguised as a health and exercise magazine.

20-year-old Lupino, in her American film debut, is unrecognizable with curly blonde hair and Dietrich eyebrows.

There's a hilarious scene where they decide to build the perfect woman, by finding models who are famous for their best features..

 

Next, she played uncredited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years.

In 1936, she signed a contract with Warner Bros. and soon became a top sex symbol, nick named "The Oomph Girl,".

She went onto perform in films: Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), opposite James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Dodge City (1939) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Torrid Zone with Cagney and They Drive by Night with George Raft and Bogart (both 1940), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Bette Davis, and Kings Row (1942), where she received top billing playing opposite Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, and Betty Field.

Known for having a beautiful singing voice, Ann also performed in the musicals: Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) and Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944).

Ann Sheridan's best known films: Nora Prentiss and The Unfaithful, both in 1947. Her next role was in, I Was a Male War Bride (1949), costarring Cary Grant.

By the 1950's, she went on to perform in the television soap opera, Another World during the mid-1960's.