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Run for the Sun (1956) Movie Review

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Actors: Richard Widmark, Jane Greer, Peter Van Eyck, Trevor Howard, Carlos Henning, Margarito Luna. Juan Garcia.
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Run for the Sun (1956)
When their private plane crash-lands in a South American jungle, a beautiful reporter (Jane Greer) and a broodingly recluse author (Richard Widmark) stumble into the hide-out of a German war criminal. Reporter and author soon find themselves the human targets in a hunt organized by the wanted ex-Nazi (Peter Van Eyck) and his traitorous friend (Trevor Howard).
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1930's-1950's
Wilderness adventure Yes
Plotlets: - hunted by enemies
Romance Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - average (woman)
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - German
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - South
Jungles? Yes
Jungles - snakes - quicksand - alligators/crocs - heat/bugs

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - 3-4
Kind of violence: - hand to hand - guns - knives
Any profanity? - None
Is this movie based on a - book
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