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I saw "Run for the Sun" when I was a bit more than a kid in the middle 50's. Though I haven't had the chance of seeing it again since, for some reason I remember its plot most clearly. Nazis hidden in a remote jungle (Trevor Howard and Peter Van Eyck) are discovered by chance by a couple of Americans (Richard Widmark and Jane Greer) after their plane crashes nearby. When they find out who their hosts are Widmark and Geer are chased through the jungle in a sort of deadly hunting game.
There was also a most unusual sequence when Widmark unarmed is hiding behind a sort of wooden wall and sees Howard coming towards him with a rifle; so he places the only bullet he has in a small hole in the wall and hits it hard with a rock shooting Howard down. I don't think this could really work mostly because it would be impossible to aim at anything but nevertheless the idea is most original and besides: what has Widmark to loose in trying? (in a "The Avengers" TV series episode Patrick MacNee uses exactly the same trick to get rid of a menacing villain).
I know the story of humans hunted by humans has been in movies before ("The Most Dangerous Game") but "Run for the Sun" stands as a real little big colorful adventure film in my opinion, most entertaining and enjoyable. As I remember this movie it couldn't be less than a 7 out of 10.
I saw "Run for the Sun" when I was a bit more than a kid in the middle 50's. Though I haven't had the chance of seeing it again since, for some reason I remember its plot most clearly. Nazis hidden in a remote jungle (Trevor Howard and Peter Van Eyck) are discovered by chance by a couple of Americans (Richard Widmark and Jane Greer) after their plane crashes nearby. When they find out who their hosts are Widmark and Geer are chased through the jungle in a sort of deadly hunting game.
There was also a most unusual sequence when Widmark unarmed is hiding behind a sort of wooden wall and sees Howard coming towards him with a rifle; so he places the only bullet he has in a small hole in the wall and hits it hard with a rock shooting Howard down. I don't think this could really work mostly because it would be impossible to aim at anything but nevertheless the idea is most original and besides: what has Widmark to loose in trying? (in a "The Avengers" TV series episode Patrick MacNee uses exactly the same trick to get rid of a menacing villain).
I know the story of humans hunted by humans has been in movies before ("The Most Dangerous Game") but "Run for the Sun" stands as a real little big colorful adventure film in my opinion, most entertaining and enjoyable. As I remember this movie it couldn't be less than a 7 out of 10.