A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down.A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down.A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Bonnie Johnson
- Mrs. Nepper
- (as Bonnie Cook)
John Ward
- Theater Student
- (as John David Ward)
Patt Noday
- Amusement Park Guy #2
- (uncredited)
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I have this movie on tape also. Come to think, I have a lot of Julia Roberts' movies. Anywho, I liked how she used her timidity to get the hell out of a crazy psyho relationship with a guy who thought he was entitled to beat his wife. She planned everything down to the T, and I liked that. However, you knew he was gonna find her again and wreak havoc on her new life. It grew a little wasteful at that point because the poor guy had only that abusive husband turned psycho side to play with. Not much to chew on really when you're in the movie about 5 times in 20 minutes. You understood she had to see him at least and the point was she had to move on and assert her independence. Sucks that psycho was rich with a nice pad. Plus, why didn't she just pawn the ring instead of attempting to flush hard gold down? Or take it with? Even a toilet isn't that stupid. Maybe she should have eaten it first and it would have been disguised better. I mean, that was the only thing that tipped him off for goodness sakes. She was smart to a point like most chicks in these types of movies. Guess there wouldn't be much of a movie otherwise.
- QueenMakeda84
- Mar 14, 2003
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJulia Roberts, who was 22 when the film was shot in the spring of 1990, became the youngest actress to earn a seven-figure fee for a single performance.
- Goofs(at around 14 mins) When Laura throws a stone at the street light by the beach, the stone clearly misses the bulb, yet it breaks anyway.
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo plays without the fanfare.
- Alternate versionsWhen Laura first goes to Ben's house for dinner and the pot roast is on fire she knocks and says "Fire Department." In an alternate cut she knocks and asks "Is this what they mean by warm welcome?".
- SoundtracksRunaround Sue
Written by Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca
Performed by Dion DiMucci (as Dion)
Courtesy of Laurie Records
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $101,599,005
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,777,943
- Feb 10, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $174,999,005
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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