Romance on the Run

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in recovering a stolen necklace. In the process also gets involved with a secretary at the insurance company.

Cast

Donald Woods

as Barry Drake

Patricia Ellis

as Dale Harrison

Grace Bradley

as Lily Lamont

Edward Brophy

as Whitey Whitehouse

William Demarest

as Police Lt. Eckhardt

Craig Reynolds

as Charlie Cooper

Andrew Tombes

as J.W. Ridgeway

Bert Roach

as Happy Drunk

Leon Weaver

as Pappy Hatfield

Edwin Maxwell

as Mondoon

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