Run for the Sun

Based On the book by Richard Connell

Run for the Sun is a 1956 American Technicolor thriller adventure film released by United Artists, the third film to officially be based on Richard Connell's classic 1924 suspense story, "The Most Dangerous Game", after both RKO's The Most Dangerous Game (1932), and their remake, A Game of Death (1945). This version stars Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, and Jane Greer, and was directed by Ray Boulting from a script written by Boulting and Dudley Nichols. Connell was credited for his short story. In this loose adaptation, the expatriate Russian general of the original story is transformed into a British traitor hiding in the Mexican jungle with a fellow Nazi war criminal played by Peter van Eyck.

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Release date:

1956

Director:

Roy Boulting

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Jane Greer, Trevor Howard, Peter van Eyck

Genre:

Adventure, Drama, Action

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1956 in adaptations