SHR - Runaways
Created for the Self Help Radio* show "Runaways", which aired on KBOO 90.7 Portland on 3/21/23. (*not a self help show)
Films on the list are tagged on IMDb with 'runaway' and are available for free. (You may need to check IMDb page to find out where.)
More info here: https://twitter.com/robotmonkeycat/status/1638050634980106240
Also, check out the YouTube playlist I made with trailers & full films from the list: not started yet
Films on the list are tagged on IMDb with 'runaway' and are available for free. (You may need to check IMDb page to find out where.)
More info here: https://twitter.com/robotmonkeycat/status/1638050634980106240
Also, check out the YouTube playlist I made with trailers & full films from the list: not started yet
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsBuck JonesHelen FergusonGeorgie StoneSmall-town tramp befriends runaway boy.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner OlandThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsW.C. FieldsLouise FazendaChester ConklinAn overambitious ringmaster is deviously plotting to have his circus' owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over the whole show. However, World War I intervenes and he eventually aids the Allied cause by joining the German army.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid NivenA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsShirley TempleSpring ByingtonNigel BruceMytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGinger RogersJean-Pierre AumontAdolphe MenjouIn Paris, a young woman runs away from a reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and finds herself falling for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonAlec GuinnessKay WalshIn Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
- DirectorsSteve SekelyPaul HenreidStarsPaul HenreidJoan BennettEduard FranzPursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.
- DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsVittorio GassmanDoris DowlingSilvana ManganoTwo criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
- DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsDean StockwellNatalie TrundyJohn LarchHigh-school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove; unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsBrandon De WildeLee MarvinGary MerrillDuring the early 1900s, a runaway Missouri orphan reaches a town where the townsfolk are enchanted with him and where a wealthy rancher and a local newspaperman compete to give him an education.
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsCary GrantSophia LorenMartha HyerA widower, his three young children, and an Italian nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneWilliam HoldenConstance TowersIn 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsKeir DulleaJanet MargolinHoward Da SilvaTeenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
- DirectorBrandon ChaseStarsTammy ClarkeRay MenardNeiomi SalitechGirl leaves the farm for the big city of New Orleans to become famous, instead becomes a stripper & gets abused and exploited by everyone she meets.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsLee MarvinGary GrimesRon HowardThree farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber who teaches them the trade.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsSenta BergerLuc MerendaUmberto OrsiniAn amnesiac man and his estranged wife restart their romance, only to find themselves hounded by unscrupulous figures from his past life.
- DirectorMilton KatselasStarsMichael MoriartyYaphet KottoSusan BlakelyPolitics skew the probe of a rookie detective's accidental shooting of an undercover policewoman.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsHayley MillsSimon WardSterling HaydenAmidst public warnings of a dangerous patient who's escaped from a mental hospital, a young Belle Adams (Hayley Mills) hitches rides on the highway with various assortment of motorists.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsRichard GereBrooke AdamsSam ShepardA hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayHarvey AtkinKate LynchWacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.
- DirectorLeonard SternStarsGeorge BurnsBrooke ShieldsLorraine GaryKindly former vaudeville performer Bill Grant befriends sassy fourteen-year-old runaway Kate, who is being pursued by some clownishly cruel drug dealers.
- DirectorPierre De MoroStarsMark MillerDonovan ScottBridgette AndersenSavannah is the only child of a wealthy politician, Richard Driscoll, who is more concerned with his image and career than with his family.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark GregoryFred WilliamsonVic MorrowIn a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
