Run for Cover [Blu-ray]

Director: Nicholas Ray

Overview

James Cagney makes one of his rare forays into the western genre in this exciting actioner. He plays an ex-convict who goes straight is appointed sheriff of a tiny western town. This causes problems with his angry and treacherous young deputy.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/29/2012
UPC:	0887090038805
Original Release:	1955
Rating:	NR
Source:	Olive Films
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	19,208

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Cagney	Actor
John Derek	Actor
Jean Hersholt	Actor
Viveca Lindfors	Actor
Grant Withers	Gentry
Jack Lambert	Larsen
Ernest Borgnine	Morgan
Ray Teal	Sheriff
Irving Bacon	Scotty
Trevor Bardette	Paulsen
John Miljan	Mayor Walsh
Gus Schilling	Doc Ridgeway
Emerson Treacy	Bank Manager
Denver Pyle	Harvey
Henry Wills	Townsman
Phil Chambers	Actor
Harold J. Kennedy	Actor
Joe Haworth	Actor
Rocky Shahan	Actor
Bob Folkerson	Actor
Jack Montgomery	Actor
Frank Cordell	Actor
Fred Bailes	Actor
Howard Joslin	Actor
Emmett Lynn	Bartender

Technical Credits

Irving Ravetch

Winston Miller

Farciot Edouart	Special Effects
John P. Fulton	Special Effects
William H. Pine	Producer
William C. Thomas	Producer
Irving Ravetch	Screenwriter
Winston Miller	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Run for Cover starts out well and promises to be an unusual Western that explores character of greater depth than are found in the run-of-the-mill examples of the genre. Unfortunately, its early promise isn't sustained, and in the end, Cover ends up being a disappointment. Directed by Nicholas Ray, Cover shares with many other of Ray's films an exploration of "the generation gap" and the ways in which older men and younger men connect and disconnect. Unlike most of the director's other films, however, Cover is more concerned with, and more sympathetic to, the older man. This should have been the set up for a melancholy, perhaps even tragic, story, but it instead devolves into a more routine "good vs. evil" picture with a totally unconvincing 11th hour transformation. Ray's direction is solid and in some instances outstanding, but there's also a feeling that he wasn't totally caught up in the material; perhaps he wished it to proceed in a different direction and was frustrated in his efforts. John Derek is also no James Dean as the younger man, and his okay-but-nothing-more performance is a detriment. James Cagney, on the other hand, is in beautiful form, running with every chance the screenplay provides him.