The Night Runner

A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Was he released too soon?

Cast

Ray Danton

as Roy Turner

Colleen Miller

as Susan Mayes

Merry Anders

as Amy Hansen

Willis Bouchey

as Loren Mayes

Harry Jackson

as Hank Hansen

Robert Anderson

as Ed Wallace

Jean Inness

as Miss Dodd

Eddy Waller

as Vernon

John Stephenson

as Dr. Crawford

Alexander Campbell

as Dr. Royce

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I can't say I am too familiar with Ray Danton, but his dashing good looks and considered performance go some way to keeping this sad and complicated melodrama out of the doldrums. We know from the start that he has been released from a psychiatric hospital (initially against the advice of his doctor...

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