The Runaway
Driven by fear of detection she fled from the city to the Kentucky hills.
1926 · 69 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama
A movie actress, mistakenly thinking she has killed a fellow actor, goes on the run and finds herself taken in by a Kentucky mountain family.
Directed by William C. deMille · Written by Albert S. Le Vino
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Clara Bow Cynthia Meade -
Warner Baxter Wade Murrell -
William Powell Jack Harrison -
George Bancroft Lesher Skidmore -
Edythe Chapman Mrs. Murrell
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