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Hit and Run (1957 film)

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Hit and Run
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHugo Haas
Written byHerbert O. Phillips
Hugo Haas
Produced byHugo Haas
StarringCleo Moore
Hugo Haas
Vince Edwards
CinematographyWalter Strenge
Edited byStefan Arnsten
Music byFranz Steininger
Production
company
Hugo Haas Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 15, 1957 (1957-03-15) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hit and Run is a 1957 American drama film noir directed by Hugo Haas starring Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, and Vince Edwards.

The movie was Moore's final film appearance. She gained popularity earlier in the 1950s in B-movie film noirs released by Columbia Pictures, for which Moore was a contract player.

Plot

Gus Hilmer, a moneyed garage and junkyard owner, falls in love with and marries a showgirl named Julie who is many years younger than himself. This causes tension between Hilmer and Frankie, a young auto mechanic whom he has befriended.

Julie begins a romantic affair with Frankie and then plots with him to get rid of her husband. On a dark, remote road, Frankie runs down Gus with a car, killing him. He and Julie are free to be together and run the garage, or at least they think they are until Gus's twin brother turns up.

Cast

Production notes

John Zaremba, who played the doctor, would play hospital administrator Dr. Jensen on Ben Casey four years later, starring Vince Edwards.