Summary
Love on the Run is an American comedy romance film first released in 1936,
directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
The film stars Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen and Mona Barrie.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: W.S. Van Dyke
- Script: John Lee Mahin, Manuel Seff, Gladys Hurlbut, Julian Brodie, Alan Green
- Music: Franz Waxman
- Cast: Joan Crawford (Sally Parker), Clark Gable (Michael Anthony), Franchot Tone (Barnabus Pells), Reginald Owen (Baron Otto Spandermann), Mona Barrie (Baroness Hilda Spandermann), Ivan Lebedeff (Prince Igor), Charles Judels (Lieutenant of Police), William Demarest (Editor Lees Berger), Donald Meek (Fontainbleau Palace Caretaker), Norman Ainsley (Newspaper Reporter), Richard Alexander (Wilhelm – Baron’s Henchman), Harry Allen (Chauffeur), Alyce Ardell (French Maid), Jimmy Aubrey (Airplane Mechanic), George Beranger (Comedy Reactionary), Egon Brecher (Dr. Stefan Gorsay), Elsa Buchanan (English Department Store Girl), James B. Carson (French Waiter), Fred Cavens (French Waiter), Bob Corey (Assistant to Inspector McCaskill), Gino Corrado (Train Conductor), Gennaro Curci (French Train Announcer), George Davis (Sergeant of Police), J. Gunnis Davis (Hotel Elevator Man), Reynolds Denniston (Inspector McCaskill), Charles De Ravenne (Telegraph Messenger), Jack Dewees (Undetermined Role), Robert Du Couedic (French Clerk), Frank Du Frane (Assistant to Editor), E.L. Fisher-Smith (Reporter), Otto Fries (Mechanic), Billy Gilbert (Cafe Manager), Douglas Gordon (Cockney Comic Chauffeur), Tom Herbert (Comic Taxi Driver), Lilyan Irene (Woman in Hotel), Charles Irwin (Movie Cameraman), Donald Kerr (Movie Cameraman), Leonid Kinskey (Man on Train), Adia Kuznetzoff (Rudolph – Baron’s Servant), Nenette Lafayette (French Maid), Richard Lancaster (English News Photographer), Joe Mack (Hack Driver), Fred Malatesta (French Waiter), Margaret Marquis (Undetermined Role), Martha Mayo (Mrs. Jenkins), Iris Moore (English Department Store Girl), Viola Moore (English Department Store Girl), John Power (English Major Domo), Frank Puglia (Waiter), Cyril Ring (Wally – a Reporter), Bert Roach (Palace Tour Member), Adrian Rosley (Palace Tour Guide), Christian Rub (Stephen), C. Montague Shaw (Hotel Manager), Yorke Sherwood (London Bobbie), Phillips Smalley (Man in Hotel), Genaro Spagnoli (French Taxi Driver), Eleanor Stewart (Undetermined Role), Charles Trowbridge (James Cooke – Paris Bureau Chief), Jacques Vanaire (French Telegraph Operator), Duke York (Paul – Baron’s Chauffeur)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 80 min; B&W
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