My pet hate in thrillers is contrivances.For example when Derek Farr is on the run he dashes in to a door and admits to the lady of the house that he is on the run.What does she do,scream,no she takes him in and makes him comfortable.Then later on she goes into a café and there is a man having lunch with part of his finger missing.The film does go on like this.I tend to find that it represents a lack of imagination on the part of the writer and director,in that they cannot find anything original to cover these situations.The second half of this film develops a faster pace and there are a number of eyecatching performances.A very young Laurence Harvey at the start of his career.Also Eleanor Summerfield also at the early stages of her acting career.Competently made but nothing startling or original
Review of Man on the Run
