Run for Cover
The story of a man apart... who brought faith to a youth, love to a woman, justice to a land!
Overview
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions
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Cast
James Cagney
Matt Dow
Viveca Lindfors
Helga Swenson
John Derek
Davey Bishop
Jean Hersholt
Mr. Swenson
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
Denver Pyle
Harvey (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Morgan's Partner in Bank Robbery (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Bartender (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Henry Wills
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Cordell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Rocky Shahan
Minor Role (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Producers
- William C. Thomas,William H. Pine
- Cinematography
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Composer
- Howard Jackson
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John Chard
April 25, 2017
You think you're the only one in the world ever got a raw deal... There's a lot of people in this world who've had a tougher time than you or me. Run for Cover is directed by Nicholas Ray and adapted to screenplay by Winston Miller from a story by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch. It stars James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek, Jean Hersholt, Grant Withers, Jack Lambert, Ray Teal and Ernest Borgnine. A Technicolor/VistaVison production, with music by Howard Jackson and cinematograph…
CinemaSerf
March 20, 2026
“Matt” (James Cagney) and his partner “Daley” (John Derek) are lucky to have escaped the lynch mob after they are mistaken for bank robbers, and after he tells the townsfolk a few home truths the former man ends up their sheriff whilst the latter recovers from injuries sustained during their earlier apprehension. With all looking set fair, “Matt” takes up with “Helga” (Viveca Lindfors) and hopes to be married but the path of true love and all that soon intercedes as he discovers that “Davey” has…