Run for Cover

Run for Cover

93 mins | Western | April 29, 1955

Western that starts when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.

Run for Cover

93 mins | Western | April 29, 1955

Run for Cover
Western that starts when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount, Pine Thomas Productions
Original title Run for Cover
Directors Francisco Day, Nicholas Ray
Writers Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch, Winston Miller

Cast

James Cagney

as Matt Dow

Viveca Lindfors

as Helga Swenson

John Derek

as Davey Bishop

Jean Hersholt

as Mr. Swenson

Grant Withers

as Gentry

Jack Lambert

as Larsen

Ernest Borgnine

as Morgan

Ray Teal

as Sheriff

Irving Bacon

as Scotty

Trevor Bardette

as Paulsen

John Miljan

as Mayor Walsh

Gus Schilling

as Doc Ridgeway

Denver Pyle

as Harvey (uncredited)