He Ran All the Way

He Ran All the Way
Directed by	John Berry
Produced by	Bob Roberts Paul Trivers
Written by	Sam Ross (novel) Hugo Butler Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)
Starring	John Garfield Shelley Winters
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Editing by	Francis D. Lyon
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	June 19, 1951
Running time	77 minutes
Language	English

He Ran All the Way is a 1951 crime drama, considered a film noir, starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. The film was Garfield's last, as accusations of his involvement with the Communist Party and a refusal to name names while testifying before the HUAC led to his blacklisting in Hollywood. He died less than a year later, at age thirty-nine, from coronary thrombosis due to a blood clot blocking an artery in his heart. During the film's initial run, director John Berry and writers Dalton Trumbo and Hugo Butler were uncredited due to blacklisting during the Red Scare. The film's plot of a family held in their home by a killer on the lam has often been emulated, by such films as the 1955 The Desperate Hours.

Plot

Petty thief Nick Robey (John Garfield) botches a robbery, leaving his partner Al (Norman Lloyd) severely wounded as Nick escapes with over $10,000. Meeting bakery worker Peg Dobbs (Shelley Winters) in friendly conversation, when Peg takes Nick to her family's apartment, he decides to take the family hostage until he can escape. As a manhunt for Nick begins outside, the robber becomes increasingly paranoid. Meanwhile, Peg schemes to sacrifice herself for the safety of her family.

Cast

Actor	Role
John Garfield	Nick Robey
Shelley Winters	Peg Dobbs
Wallace Ford	Mr. Dobbs
Selena Royle	Mrs. Dobbs
Gladys George	Mrs. Robey
Norman Lloyd	Al Molin
Bobby Hyatt	Tommy Dobbs
Keith Hetherington	Captain of Detectives

External links

• He Ran All the Way at the Internet Movie Database