Run for Cover (1955) Reviews & Ratings
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Run for Cover reviews
Run for Cover holds a 6.8/10 average from 43 TMDB ratings.
You think you're the only one in the world ever got a raw deal... There's a lot of people in this world who've had a tougher time than you or me. Run for Cover is directed by Nicholas Ray and adapted to screenplay by Winston Miller from a story by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch. It stars James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek, Jean Hersholt, Grant Withers, Jack Lambert, Ray Teal and Ernest Borgnine. A Techn…
— John Chard (8/10)
“Matt” (James Cagney) and his partner “Daley” (John Derek) are lucky to have escaped the lynch mob after they are mistaken for bank robbers, and after he tells the townsfolk a few home truths the former man ends up their sheriff whilst the latter recovers from injuries sustained during their earlier apprehension. With all looking set fair, “Matt” takes up with “Helga” (Viveca Lindfors) and hopes to be married but th…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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