KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

MartinHafer Mike Latimer (Richard Widmark) is a famous novelist who's dropped out of circulation. A reporter (Jane Greer) is undercover--trying to wrangle an exclusive interview with this mercurial man. However, although she is able to make contact with him and befriend him, he doesn't know she's a reporter. What they both don't know is that the plane he's flying them in across the Central American jungle is going to conk out...and leave them stranded in the middle of no where. Does it sound like it couldn't get any worse? Well, it can. Although they are saved from the wreckage, their benefactors turn out to be Nazis hiding out in the jungle and they're not about to let the pair escape if they can help it. Soon, it's a long and torturous trek through the unforgiving jungle...with these nasty jerks in hot pursuit.While this isn't one of Widmark's very best films, it is quite good and the Nazi theme worked since it was only about a dozen years since the war ended. Tense, well crafted and well worth seeing. Besides, Greer nearly died making this film....so don't you owe it to her sacrifice to see the movie?!I originally planned on giving this film an 8...it's really good. But near the end, Latimer takes out one of the baddies and then doesn't bother picking up the guy's gun as he makes his escape. This simply makes no sense and annoyed me.By the way, early on you see the reporter looking through a magazine with a cover story about Latimer. While the magazine looks a lot like LOOK magazine, its name is SIGHT....a rather clever little play on words.

writers_reign Given that there are only seven basic plots it seems foolish to spend so much time both alleging and rebutting the connection (or non) between Run For The Sun and The Most Dangerous Game aka The Hounds Of Zaroff. Over the years there have been several films involving an isolated house, an eccentric/insane owner who lures - or waits for the genuinely lost - travellers to his bailiwick, entertains them royally for a short time then explains the way back to the civilised world, gives them a reasonably start and then goes in pursuit with a pack of hounds. This is, of course, a sound basis for a thriller and begs variations. In Run For The Sun Trevor Howard is a William Joyce (Lord 'Haw Haw') who, unlike the original, escaped the hangman's noose and holed up in a Mexican jungle. Richard Widmark and Jane Greer, flying in Widmark's plane to Acapulco, veer off course, run out of gas, and crash not too far from Howard's home. Once Widmark figures out who Howard is and realises there's no way Howard can afford to let them go, he goes on the lam with Greer with Howard and a pack of dogs on their trail. It's competent, Widmark is invariably good value and Greer is good to look at. What's not to like.

samhill5215 It's hard for me to believe that this film has rated as low as it has. I found it an exciting, spellbinding and visually engrossing update of Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dagnerous Game". Having seen the original with Joel McCrea and Fay Wray this is clearly not a remake. The storyline is updated to a post WWII scenario replete with a British turncoat and Nazi fugitives in Mexico. But the basic concept of hunting down humans is intact. Both sides of the conflict are dealt with in an intelligent and even sensitive manner. The characters are all believable and their motives clearly enunciated. This is clearly not a simpleminded adventure but one dealing with complex human emotions. Much of the film's success is due to the three headliners, Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard and Jane Greer who perform admirably. All in all, highly recommended. Run out and get it, you'll spend a very enjoyable hour and a half.

whpratt1 Viewed most of the films that Richard Widmark starred in, however, I finally discovered this film being shown on TV in the wee hours of the morning and found this to be a great film Classic. Richard Widmark, (Mike Latimer) and Jane Greer gave an outstanding performance together, sometimes fighting like cats and dogs and struggling to get away from Trevor Howard, (Browne) who plays a very wicked character who will stop at nothing to get just what he desires in life. This entire cast of actors all gave an outstanding performance, but Widmark and Greer really put their heart and soul into this picture. Jane Greer experience a spinal injury during the making of this film, and years later she became very ill and needed surgery, which corrected her problem. It was during a scene in this picture where Jane goes through swampy water which contains many dangerous viruses.