Line #24 Film/WomanOnTheRun


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Don't trust anyone...]]
3	''Woman on the Run'' (1950) is a FilmNoir starring Creator/AnnSheridan and Dennis O’Keefe, co-written and directed by Norman Foster.
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5	Frank Johnson (Ross Elliot) has just witnessed the murder of an informant and is told by the police that he must ID the murderer. Scared of being picked off by the gangster killer, Frank runs away from the police. Detective Farris (Robert Keith) then turns to Frank’s wife, Eleanor (Sheridan), who begrudgingly helps with the search until she decides to find Frank herself.
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7	Eleanor gets help of newspaper reporter, Dan Legget (O’Keefe), and she discovers that her husband and Legget aren't what they seem.
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9	This film is also in the PublicDomain.
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11	Do NOT confuse this with the sex-ploitation film, ''Film/WomenOnTheRun'' (note the plural term).
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13	!!The film provides examples of:
14	* AmusementPark: The climax of the film is set in an amusement park very similar to San Francisco’s Playland. There's a horrifying scene where Eleanor is stuck on a roller coaster while Frank is in immediate danger.
15	* BlackmailBackfire: The informant knows that the killer received $20000 to cover up a murder and tries to exhort $15000 from him. The killer simply shoots him instead of paying him off.
16	* BrutalHonesty: Eleanor makes it very clear to Det. Farris that her marriage with Frank isn’t on good terms.
17	* DeadpanSnarker: Any movie with Ann Sheridan is going to have some droll, sarcastic remarks.
18	* DramaticIrony: We're shown halfway that [[spoiler: Danny]] is the murderer because he has the same lighter and name from the beginning scenes.
19	* FemmeFatale: At first, it looks like Eleanor doesn’t care if her husband is found dead, but it’s soon apparent that she truly loves him and wants him to return safely especially after she learns that he has a heart condition.
20	* FieryRedhead: Eleanor won't take any crap from anyone. She runs away from the police twice and is determined to find Frank.
21	* FilmNoir: A rediscovered gem from the classic era.
22	* HeKnowsTooMuch: The killer [[spoiler: revealed to be Danny]] is on the hunt for Frank, and he kills Susie from the restaurant that Eleanor and Frank frequent.
23	* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Only Frank, the killer, the detective, and Eleanor know that the murderer shot at Frank but missed because he was aiming at his shadow. [[spoiler: Danny inadvertently gives this slight information away, tipping Eleanor off that he's the murderer, but she's stuck on the roller coaster and can't do anything about it.]]
24	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At first, Eleanor thinks Frank is all jerk, but it turns out he’s a sweet man, and ''she's'' been the jerk all along.
25	* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Rembrandt, the Johnsons’ dog, is as loyal as they come. Ann uses him to escape Farris by putting hot sauce in his food and taking him to the vet in order to escape.
26	* OhCrap: The killer's reaction when learning that Frank made a drawing of him and left it at the Chinese restaurant.
27	* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Witnessing a murder slowly brings Eleanor and Frank together, but it's mostly Eleanor who has to do the changing.
28	* TheReveal: In the middle of the film, it’s revealed that [[spoiler: Danny is the killer and is trying to find Frank through Eleanor]].
29	* StarvingArtist: Frank and Eleanor have lived the bohemian lifestyle.
30	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Eleanor can be gruff and sarcastic but also sweet whenever she remembers the good times with Frank. And upon finding out that he still loves her, she's much happier.
31	* SunshineNoir: The look of [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white film]] doesn't help with the sunniness, but the backdrop of San Francisco certainly does.
32	* TagalongReporter: Danny stalks Eleanor around the city to get her story about Frank, and she eventually lets him tag along because he promises money for the story. She hopes to use it for a fresh start with Frank.
33	* AWolfInSheepsClothing: Danny wants more than a story for his newspaper…[[spoiler: He wants to find the only witness to his crime and kill him. He does, however, like Eleanor so much that he makes it a point to avoid having her around when he tries to kill Frank.]]

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