Run for Cover

An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

Cast

James Cagney

as Matt Dow

Viveca Lindfors

as Helga Swenson

John Derek

as Davey Bishop

Jean Hersholt

as Mr. Swenson

Grant Withers

as Gentry

Jack Lambert

as Larsen

Ernest Borgnine

as Morgan

Ray Teal

as Sheriff

Irving Bacon

as Scotty

Trevor Bardette

as Paulsen

Reviews

John Chard

You think you're the only one in the world ever got a raw deal... There's a lot of people in this world who've had a tougher time than you or me. Run for Cover is directed by Nicholas Ray and adapted to screenplay by Winston Miller from a story by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch. It stars ...

CinemaSerf

“Matt” (James Cagney) and his partner “Daley” (John Derek) are lucky to have escaped the lynch mob after they are mistaken for bank robbers, and after he tells the townsfolk a few home truths the former man ends up their sheriff whilst the latter recovers from injuries sustained during their earlier...

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