"Run Till It's Dark" is an episode of ''
The Dick Powell Show
''The Dick Powell Show'' is an American television anthology series that aired on NBC from September 26, 1961 until September 17, 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company.
Overview
The series was an anthology of various dram ...
''. It starred
Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is a retired American actress. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcome ...
and
Fabian.
Plot
A young woman, Stacy, is on the run from a mystery man, Henderson. She sells her car and hitches a ride to Las Vegas where she meets Jake, a farm kid fleeing a broken engagement, at a roulette table. Jake agrees to drive her to San Francisco.
Jake falls in love with Stacy. Henderson keeps after her.
Eventually Stacy takes Jake's car and crashes it, killing herself.
Production
Filming started 29 March. Fabian was cast on the strength of his performance in "
A Lion Walks Among Us
"A Lion Walks Among Us" is a 1961 episode of the TV drama series ''Bus Stop'', with guest star Fabian Forte, which was highly controversial because of its depiction of violence. It was an early work of director Robert Altman.
Plot
The District ...
" on ''Bus Stop''.
Reception
Hal Humphrey of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called it the worst drama in an anthology series for 1962. "To this day, no one has figured out what the drama was about."
['Most Forgettable of '62 TV Season' ''Los Angeles Times'' 28 Dec 1962: D12.]
References
External links
''Run Till It's Dark''at
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ...
Run Til It's Darkat BFI
at Fabianforte.net
1962 American television episodes
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