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title: "Run For The Sun"
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# Run For The Sun

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An author (Richard Widmark) and a magazine writer (Jane Greer) crash in the Mexican jungle and find themselves the subject of a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a wanted war criminal (Peter Van Eyck) and a British traitor (Trevor Howard).

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    More of a Slog in the Bog
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020*

The single literary work that has inspired the most movie and TV adaptations over the years may well be Richard Connell’s 1924 short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Even those who are unfamiliar with the story of a mad hunter in pursuit of human prey can probably recall a dozen or more filmed versions with similar plots (including the 2020 film, “The Hunt”), most of which don’t even credit the Connell story as a source. Ironically, one of the few movies that do mention Connell’s story in the credits is the 1956 adventure, “Run for the Sun,” which actually has relatively little in common with its source. Unfortunately, “Run for the Sun” also throws in a lot of extraneous plot threads that turn what could have been a crisp adventure into a film that becomes too longwinded.A quick look at the credits of “Run for the Sun” might lead some to believe that the movie was another Latin American film noir, as genre stalwarts Richard Widmark and Jane Greer head the cast. In fact, the first half-hour or so of the movie could have served as a springboard for a noir. Widmark plays an Ernest Hemingway-like author who disappeared several years earlier. Greer is a magazine reporter who tracks Widmark to a remote Mexican village and befriends him (not difficult since she seems to be the only woman in town). When he finds out her true identity, he rejects her, although she has begun to fall for him for real. He does, however, agree to fly her back to Acapulco in his private plane because the roads are treacherous.That decision proves ill-advised when their plane has to make an emergency landing in the jungle. The pair are rescued by a couple of mysterious Europeans (Trevor Howard and Peter Van Eyck) who live on a nearby hacienda. Widmark soon figures out that the two aren’t archaeologists, as they claim, but Nazi war criminals in hiding. Finally, over an hour into the film, the “Dangerous Game” storyline kicks in. Widmark and Greer flee for safety, while the Nazis and a pack of Dobermans pursue them (in Connell’s original story, the villain used a pack of dogs to pursue his quarry as well).Most action/suspense films are short on dialogue and long on thrills, but “Run for the Sun” reverses this formula to its detriment. The first half-hour seems to have come from a different film entirely, as Greer eventually gets Widmark to lower his guard and reveal his reason for going into hiding. This could have made a good feature all by itself, but by having the two main characters spend all their time delivering speeches to each other, there isn’t enough time for romance to develop naturally. Instead, their eventual hookup seems more a matter of plot necessity than natural chemistry. Once the couple meet their soon-to-be pursuers, the plot gets even more contrived. Believe it or not, once Widmark figures out who his hosts really are, he actually tells them, delivering the longest speech of the movie as he explains Trevor Howard’s life history. The story is fascinating (Howard is a British traitor, patterned after the real-life Lord Haw-Haw), and Widmark does a great job telling it. But this is the sort of speech that a movie villain usually delivers when he has the hero dead to rights. Spoken by the hero, the speech sounds oddly out of place. In fact, this entire sequence betrays some amateurish screenwriting. Both Widmark and the Nazis act incredibly stupid because that’s the only way that the film can move on.The chase sequence occupies the last half hour of the movie. Still, for those who went along with the overly talkative passages and stupid decisions made by the various characters in the hopes of seeing some nail-biting suspense here, the pursuit proves somewhat tepid. Director Roy Boulting does take full advantage of the location scenery and peppers this portion of the film with cut-in shots of snakes, iguanas, and other indigenous animal life (often to get Greer’s reaction shots). Boulting also provides one of the best demonstrations I’ve ever seen of the principle of Chekhov’s Gun, which allows a resourceful Widmark to escape a trap late in the movie. Still, “Run for the Sun” can’t always overcome the censorship concerns of the era, which limited the display of graphic material. Some of the more violent moments in the film are not shown, and what does appear on screen sometimes becomes needlessly confusing as a result. In one scene, Widmark rigs a bow-and-arrow booby trap that the villains later trigger. However, rather than show someone getting hit with a large bolt arrow, the camera discreetly cuts away, leaving viewers in the dark for another ten minutes as to just what happened.“Run for the Sun” is a difficult movie to rate. It’s uniformly well-acted, and it’s an excellent showcase for Richard Widmark as both actor and film character. However, it’s overly talky and confusing at times, and the chase that occupies the movie’s last half hour is only fitfully entertaining. Still, the actual finale is well-staged, including the very memorable bit of business I alluded to earlier. On balance, I’m giving this movie a marginal recommendation, especially for fans of Richard Widmark or film noirs in general. Still, “Run for the Sun” winds up being a bit of a slog in the bog.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Fun watch of an attempted Hemingway Rip Off
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020*

Not only does this film attempt to rip off the Hemingway style, it tries to steal his persona as well. Perhaps I do a disservice to the great man himself by even mentioning his name in conjunction with this movie. But, what the film is attempting to do is clear - crystal.  The Hemingway-esque character played by Widmark is unconvincing. None of the square jawed, broad shouldered presence of the man himself.  To his credit Widmark attempts to perform his own stunts - but is not up to task as he struggles dragging the heroin thru the jungle.  The direction is poor and unimaginative.  The cinematography - second rate.  The only characters that were believable were the Indians and the dogs. Even Trevor Howard was unconvincing as a bad guy.  Nonetheless a fun watch for those of us who remember.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Tepid in Technicolor
  

*by J***H on Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2020*

This film has an interesting beginning, so at first it had me curious.  Plus, it was shot with a sizable budget.  But from Widmark's first appearance, it was clear the director was pushing him to heavily sell his cheesy bravado, instead of portraying a strong-willed, independent and intelligent man.  It was that, and the ironically boring and protracted chase segment at the end that took this from being a possible 5-star oldie, all the way down to being a flat 3.  In fact, the chase portion was so overly simplistic, and so full of holes, that it seemed like a kid wrote it.Another piece of bad writing was when Widmark's character figured out the bad guys to a tee.  But instead of secretly acting on it to save his skin, he boastfully tells these very dangerous men all that he's figured out, only to be surprised they didn't like what they were just told.  Again, even a kid would know better.When I finally finished working my way through this film, I had no desire to ever see it again.Not a bad movie.  Just nothing near being a great or even a really good one.3 STARS.

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