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A Fugitive From Justice (1940)

• Director
  • Terry O. Morse
• Writers
  • Leonard Neubauer(story "Million Dollar Fugitive")
  • Alex Gottlieb(screenplay)
  • George Bricker(uncredited)
• Stars
  • Roger Pryor
  • Lucile Fairbanks
  • Eddie Foy Jr.

  The 1940 Warner Bros. quickie A Fugitive From Justice is based on Leonard Neubauer's short story "Million Dollar Fugitive." Roger Pryor plays insurance investigator Don Miller, who endeavors to hide Lee Leslie (Donald Douglas), holder of a million-dollar policy, from both the police and the underworld. Miller's efforts are frequently stymied by Mark Rogers (John Gallaudet), a Winchellesque radio reporter in cahoots with the G-Men. Our hero's allies include his wisecracking assistant Ziggy (Eddie Foy Jr., brother of Bryan Foy, the film's producer) and all-purpose heroine Janet Leslie (Lucille Fairbanks, niece of Douglas Fairbanks Sr.) A Fugitive from Justice sure looks like a remake, but a remake of what remains a mystery.