Hit and Run (1957 film)

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Hit and Run
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Hugo Haas
Screenplay byHugo Haas
Story by Herbert O. Phillips
Produced byHugo Haas
Starring Cleo Moore
Hugo Haas
Vince Edwards
Cinematography Walter Strenge
Edited byStefan Arnsten
Music byFranz Steininger
Production
company
Hugo Haas Productions
Distributed by United 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.

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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, property 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, Gus's young auto mechanic employee whom he has befriended, and treats like a son.

In due course, Frank and Julie develop an emotional attachment. Frank decides they must 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, although Julie is very disturbed by the murder, retreats from the relationship with Frank and begins drinking heavily.

When Gus' twin brother turns up, things become even more complicated as the two begin to wonder if the wrong man was murdered.

Cast

Production notes

John Zaremba, who played the doctor, would play hospital administrator Dr. Jensen on Ben Casey four years later, starring Vince Edwards. Dolores Reed was cast as Miranda while dating Hugo Haas. [1]

Shown on the Turner Classic Movies show Noir Alley with Eddie Muller on September 4, 2022.

References

  1. Clemens, Samuel. "Tall and Tawny", Classic Images. September 2022