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Romance on the Run (1938)

directed by Gus Meins
featuring Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley, Edward S. Brophy, William Demarest

About this title: Though its title suggests yet another rip-off of It Happened One Night, Republic's Romance on the Run is more accurately classifed as a crime caper comedy. Private detective Barry Drake (Donald Woods) gives chase when jewel thieves Lily (Grace Bradley) and Cooper (Craig Reynolds) skip town and high-tail it to the sticks. Along the way, Drake begrudgingly accepts the help and advice of dizzy Dale (Patricia Ellis), with whom he falls in love (hence the film's title). Much of the film takes place in hillbilly country, with Drake and Dale running afoul of comic-strip hillbillies. Edward Brophy ... read more

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Romance on the Run

Gus Meins

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Format: VHS

Description: Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley, Edward Brophy, William Demarest, Craig Reynolds. New in new packaging. 1938 Run time: 68. Private eye chases after jewel theives with a dizzy dame with whom he is falling in love. The chase takes him through the backwoods in the South, where he goes up against the local hillbillies. read more

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