This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2019) |
A Fugitive from Justice | |
---|---|
Directed by | Terry O. Morse |
Written by | Leonard Neubauer (story "Million Dollar Fugitive") |
Starring |
Roger Pryor Lucile Fairbanks Eddie Foy Jr. |
Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
Production company | |
Release date |
|
Running time | 53 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A Fugitive from Justice is a 1940 film starring Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks and Eddie Foy Jr.
Fugitive Lee Leslie ( Donald Douglas) is wanted by three groups; the police, the gangsters who fear his testimony in court and the insurance company that carries a $1,000,000 policy on him and is anxious to protect its interests by seeing that Leslie stays alive. The company assigns Dan Miller ( Pryor) and his partner, Ziggy, ( Foy) to find Leslie. A night club singer, Ruby Patterson ( Sheila Bromley) the beneficiary of his will, tips the gangsters as to his whereabouts. He escapes but the gang kidnaps his sister Janet ( Fairbanks) and his mother ( Lottie Williams). His plan to surrender to the police now depends on being able to rescue them first.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2019) |
A Fugitive from Justice | |
---|---|
Directed by | Terry O. Morse |
Written by | Leonard Neubauer (story "Million Dollar Fugitive") |
Starring |
Roger Pryor Lucile Fairbanks Eddie Foy Jr. |
Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
Production company | |
Release date |
|
Running time | 53 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A Fugitive from Justice is a 1940 film starring Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks and Eddie Foy Jr.
Fugitive Lee Leslie ( Donald Douglas) is wanted by three groups; the police, the gangsters who fear his testimony in court and the insurance company that carries a $1,000,000 policy on him and is anxious to protect its interests by seeing that Leslie stays alive. The company assigns Dan Miller ( Pryor) and his partner, Ziggy, ( Foy) to find Leslie. A night club singer, Ruby Patterson ( Sheila Bromley) the beneficiary of his will, tips the gangsters as to his whereabouts. He escapes but the gang kidnaps his sister Janet ( Fairbanks) and his mother ( Lottie Williams). His plan to surrender to the police now depends on being able to rescue them first.