Romance on the Run

1938
U
1h 8m

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Grace Bradley, Edward Brophy, Patricia Ellis, and Donald Woods in Romance on the Run (1938)

A man has the knack for finding stolen items. and then returns them to the insurance company. Finds some fake jewels and turns them in. Antics ensue.A man has the knack for finding stolen items. and then returns them to the insurance company. Finds some fake jewels and turns them in. Antics ensue.A man has the knack for finding stolen items. and then returns them to the insurance company. Finds some fake jewels and turns them in. Antics ensue.

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6.2/10

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7/10

"okay" jewel heist... or was it even a heist ?

This one moves right along! Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, and Grace Bradley star in this crime caper from Republic. They "recover" stolen goods, but there are shenanigans, and all is not as it seems. A chase on the train. Escape by cars and taxis. The headliner stars are pretty bland, but its fun to see some other bigger names farther down the cast list -- William Demarest, Bert Roach, Ed Maxwell, Ed Brophy. The gang ends up at a family of back-country hicks, and we spend a whole lot of time monkeying around there. Who has the jewels now ?? They go back and forth between the good guys and the bad guys. kind of turns into a slap-stick bit...similar to the marx brothers, or maybe even a three stooges skit. all very low-brow, but like I said, it keeps moving along. Directed by Gus Meins...had done mostly shorts in the silents. Made a few talkies in the late 1930s and 1940, then offed himself at 47 for some scandal.