You Can't Run Away from It
| You Can't Run Away from It | |
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| Directed by | Dick Powell |
| Produced by | Dick Powell |
| Written by |
Samuel Hopkins-Adams (story) Robert Riskin (prev. screenplay) Claude Binyon (screenplay) |
| Starring |
June Allyson Jack Lemmon |
| Music by |
Johnny Mercer, lyrics, and Gene de Paul, music (songs) George Duning (scoring) |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Al Clark |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | October 31, 1956 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.45 million (US)[1] |
You Can't Run Away from It is a 1956 Technicolor and CinemaScope musical comedy starring June Allyson and Jack Lemmon. Directed and produced by Dick Powell, the film is a remake of the 1934 Academy Award-winning film It Happened One Night. The supporting cast features Charles Bickford, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye, Jack Albertson and Howard McNear. It Happened One Night had also been remade as a musical comedy in 1945 as Eve Knew Her Apples.
Plot
Because she married an international playboy, Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her own father, Texas cattleman A. A. Andrews (Charles Bickford). She escapes, managing to evade his nationwide search for her with the help of Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon), a jobless reporter, who sees himself getting the biggest story of the year - until he and Ellie fall in love. When Ellie suspects Peter has sold her out, she returns home. Realizing his daughter really loves the newspaperman, Andrews tries to persuade Ellie to run away again, this time from her own wedding ceremony. Who will Ellie choose, her husband or the man who has stolen her heart?
Cast
- June Allyson as Ellie Andrews
- Jack Lemmon as Peter Warne
- Charles Bickford as A.A. Andrews
- Paul Gilbert as George Shapely
- Jim Backus as Danker
- Stubby Kaye as Fred Toten
- Jack Albertson as Third proprietor
- Queenie Smith as the elderly lady
- Frank Sully as Red
- Howard McNear as Vernon
- Jacques Scott as Jacques 'Jack' Ballarino
- The Four Aces as Themselves
- Barrie Chase as Western Union Girl (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Decca Records issued selections from the soundtrack on one side of an Lp Record, with music from other film scores on the reverse.[2]
Selections include:
- "You Can't Run Away from It"
Performed by The Four Aces
- "Howdy Friends and Neighbours"
Performed by Stubby Kaye, June Allyson, and Jack Lemmon
- "Thumbin' a Ride"
Performed by June Allyson and Jack Lemmon
- "Temporarily"
Performed by June Allyson and Jack Lemmon
- "Scarecrow Ballet"
Performed by Morris Stoloff conducting the Columbia Studio Orchestra
These selections were reissued on CD by Decca Broadway, paired with the Broadway cast album of Texas Li'l Darlin'.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30, changing 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
- ↑ "You Can't Run Away From It > Film soundtrack". CastAlbums.org. 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ "Texas, Lil Darlin' / You Can't Run Away from It: Robert Emmett Dolan, Johnny Mercer, Gene DePaul: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
External links
- You Can't Run Away from It at the Internet Movie Database
- You Can't Run Away from It at the TCM Movie Database
- You Can't Run Away from It at AllMovie