Directed by:
Nicholas RayCinematography:
George E. DiskantComposer:
Leigh HarlineCast:
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, Ian Wolfe, Harry Harvey, Will Lee, Erskine Sanford, Byron Foulger (more)Plots(1)
Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America’s outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O’Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend with Bowie’s fellow outlaws, who aren’t about to let him go straight, they realize there’s nowhere left to run. Ray brought an outsider’s sensibility honed in the theater to this debut, using revolutionary camera techniques and naturalistic performances to craft a profoundly romantic crime drama that paved the way for decades of lovers-on-the-run thrillers to come. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Cathy O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247436_832dd8.jpg)
Cathy O'Donnell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Detective Story (1951)
![Farley Granger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/317/317702_daf710.jpg)
Farley Granger
USA
Best movies:
Rope (1948)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
![Howard Da Silva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871845_06d4ee.jpg)
Howard Da Silva
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
1776 (1972)
![Jay C. Flippen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987354_8bbbfd.jpg)
Jay C. Flippen
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Helen Craig
USA
Best movies:
They Live by Night (1948)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Heroes (1977)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Ian Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228284_eaf71d.jpg)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Harry Harvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000168_b63048.jpg)
Harry Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Will Lee
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
Little Fugitive (1953)
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
![Erskine Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186533_fd346e.jpg)
Erskine Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Frank Ferguson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000173_a9fd3d.jpg)
Frank Ferguson
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Tom Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162538_adf582.jpg)
Tom Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Monkey Business (1931)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Lynn Whitney
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
The Dark Corner (1946)
Border Incident (1949)
![Frank Marlowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482484_d4f50a.jpg)
Frank Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Fred Graham
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
Mickey Simpson
USA
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
Giant (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![William Phipps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/333/158333191_2452d4.jpg)
William Phipps
USA
Best movies:
Cinderella (1950)
Lust for Life (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Curt Conway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/279/160279231_a84041.jpg)
Curt Conway
USA
Best movies:
Hud (1963)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)