The Runaround (1946 film)

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The Runaround
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Directed by Charles Lamont
Written bySam Hellman
Story byWalter Wise
Arthur T. Horman
Produced byJoseph Gershenson
Starring Rod Cameron
Ella Raines
Broderick Crawford
Frank McHugh
Cinematography George Robinson
Edited by Ted J. Kent
Music by Frank Skinner
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
General Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 4 June 1946 (1946-06-04)(US)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Runaround is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Broderick Crawford, and Frank McHugh. [1] [2] [3] [4] The film is also known as Deadly Enemies. [5] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and shot at the studio's Universal City.

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Plot

Two professional private detectives (Rod Cameron and Broderick Crawford) leave their agency to be independently hired by a wealthy man who desperately wants to find his eloping daughter (Ella Raines).

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