The Runaway
Directed by Arthur Allan SeidelmanIn a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War II veteran Frank Richards, has a more modern view on justice and equality, which doesn't help his social acceptance anywhere. He also has doubts about the mysterious masked 'peg-leg' to whom all murders where ascribed. Harlan is shot after an African-American boy threatens him with a gun to stop his old-fashioned 'liberalities'. Frank and the prosecutor's retired dad, agree to act as defense council, investigate, cued by the boy's Caucasian playmate, Luke Winter, and turn both case and town around.
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The Runaway was released on December 10, 2000.
The Runaway was directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.
The Runaway has a runtime of 1h 40m.
The Runaway was produced by Dan Witt.
In a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War II veteran Frank Richards, has a more modern view on justice and equality, which doesn't help his social acceptance anywhere. He also has doubts about the mysterious masked 'peg-leg' to whom all murders where ascribed. Harlan is shot after an African-American boy threatens him with a gun to stop his old-fashioned 'liberalities'. Frank and the prosecutor's retired dad, agree to act as defense council, investigate, cued by the boy's Caucasian playmate, Luke Winter, and turn both case and town around.
The key characters in The Runaway are Sheriff Frank Richards (Dean Cain), Reba Monroe (Debbi Morgan), Avery (Pat Hingle).
The Runaway is rated PG.
The Runaway is a Drama, TV Movie film.
The Runaway has an audience rating of 5 out of 10.