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You Can't Run Away From It (1956) DVD

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You Can't Run Away From It (1956)

Director:

Dick Powell

Writers:

Samuel Hopkins Adams (story), Claude Binyon

Stars:

June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford
 
You Can't Run Away from It is a musical remake of Frank Capra's Oscar-winning classic It Happened One Night, complete with same-named characters and word-for-word scene reconstructions. It all begins when spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) is literally kidnapped from the altar by her wealthy father (Charles Bickford). Escaping from her daddy's yacht with only a handful of clothes and minimal finances, Ellie hops a bus, intending to travel cross-country to be reunited with her fortune-hunting husband. Reporter Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon), sensing a swell newspaper story, tags along. Though Peter and Ellie aren't terribly fond of one another (that's putting it mildly!), by the end of their journey they've fallen in love -- but there are still several last-minute complications before a happy ending can be reached. Most of the musical numbers in the remake are awkwardly inserted during the more famous scenes from the Capra original: the "Walls of Jericho," the impromptu singalong on the bus, the hitchhiking bit, etc. Benefiting from the breezy performances of Jack Lemmon and June Allyson, You Can't Run Away from It is easy to take, but hardly within shouting distance of the original film's brilliance.

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  1. Romantic comedy for sift hearted people. 4 Star Review

    Posted by on Jul 5th 2021

    An absolute favourite film from my teenage years (when I saw it on tv). It would be wonderful to see in bluray cinemascope (originally filmed in scope), but this 4x3 version is quite watchable. It's just great to have it, having found what it actually was, from the title song. (My daughter helped me to track it down on the net). So, thanks to Zeus for stocking it and making it available. Cute uplifting story. Morally superior to anything made today.

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