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 Ann Sheridan's Playland is a seaside stand-in but Laughing Sal is the real deal. |
Woman
on the Run is one of the absolute best San Francisco movies and one
of the least seen. Without giving away spoilers from the relatively obscure
1950 noir story, it's about a sensitive man with a heart condition, the
only witnesses to a mob murder, who goes into hiding. His estranged wife is
not sympathetic to the police, whose previous witness was the victim! So
you have the police, a murderer, and a woman, running all over San Francisco
in search of the missing man. A picture postcard and more, Woman
on the Run is deep in its authentically San Franciscan heart. Led around town by a clue
from her artist husband, Ann Sheridan learns who
the man really is and understands him through their life together as reflected
in San Francisco. Sheridan is steely yet warm - part Joan Crawford, part
Lucy. Directed by Norman Foster, with Ross Elliot as Frank Johnson and
Dennis O'Keefe as newsman Leggett. The Johnson's apartment is a hybrid
location named "136 Alta Linda Apt. 4D"
in the script. From there Sheridan's adventure takes her to these stops
and more:
Man
Loh's Oriental Roof Garden |
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Inset Photo: TV View. Mister SF Copyright 2003 Hank Donat |