The Runaround

Directed by Charles Lamont
1946    86m    Approved
Thriller, Comedy, Mystery
6.5
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Maverick private eyes Kildane and Quayle leave a large agency to work on their own. Their first assignment (pirated from the old firm): retrieve eloping heiress Penelope Hampton, in competition with their former boss Prentiss. Kildane finds Penelope with surprising ease and keeps her one jump ahead of Prentiss with assorted difficulties, but can he avoid a romantic complication with his lovely charge?
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Cast of The Runaround
  • Ella RainesPenelope 'Annabelle' Hampton
  • Rod CameronEddie J. Kildane
  • Broderick CrawfordLouis Prentiss
  • Frank McHughWally Quayle
  • George ClevelandFeenan the cabbie
  • Joan ShawleeMamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
  • Samuel S. HindsNorman Hampton
  • Joe SawyerHutchins
  • Nana BryantMrs. Mildred Hampton
  • Dave WillockHubert 'Billy' Willis
  • Charles ColemanButler
  • Jack OvermanCusack
  • Pamela BlakeCoffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
  • Dorothy GrangerHotel Desk Clerk / Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
  • Bert MoorhouseDetective Quillan (uncredited)

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