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The Night Runner( 1957)

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Are mental patients turned loose too soon?

Overview

A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Was he released too soon?

    Top Billed Cast

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      Ray Danton

      Roy Turner

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      Colleen Miller

      Susan Mayes

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      Merry Anders

      Amy Hansen

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      Willis Bouchey

      Loren Mayes

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      Harry Jackson

      Hank Hansen

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      Robert Anderson

      Ed Wallace

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      Jean Inness

      Miss Dodd

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      Eddy Waller

      Vernon

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      John Stephenson

      Dr. Crawford

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      Alexander Campbell

      Dr. Royce

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      Natalie Masters

      Miss Lowell

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      Richard H. Cutting

      Male interviewer (as Richard Cutting)

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      Steve Pendleton

      Captain Reynolds

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      Jack Lomas

      Real Estate man

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      George Barrows

      Bus Driver (uncredited)

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      Irwin Jay Berniker

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Marshall Bradford

      Mailman (uncredited)

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      Diana Darrin

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Bill Erwin

      McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

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      Sam Flint

      Stanley--Elderly Man (uncredited)

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      Ethyl May Halls

      Elderly Woman (uncredited)

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      Jane Howard

      Typist (uncredited)

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      Lola Kendrick

      Secretary (uncredited)

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      John Pickard

      Dr. Harold Fisher (uncredited)

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      Alex Sharp

      Deputy (uncredited)

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      Dale Van Sickel

      Bus Driver (uncredited)

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      Paul Weber

      Dr. Emmett Rayburn (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 13 2023
    I can't say I am too familiar with Ray Danton, but his dashing good looks and considered performance go some way to keeping this sad and complicated melodrama out of the doldrums. We know from the start that he has been released from a psychiatric hospital (initially against the advice of his doctor who was rather brow-beaten into changing his mind by his board colleagues). It is fairly clear that this man, "Roy", is prone to less lucid moments and his past does limit his opportunities in his new, bustling, environment. "Roy" takes a bus up the coast and along the way alights at a garage where ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • murder
    • mental patient
    • mental illness