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The Night Runner

Are mental patients turned loose too soon?

5.4(10)19571h 19m1

A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Was he released too soon?

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Released
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Language
English
  • murder
  • mental patient
  • mental illness

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR2 Apr 1957

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The Night Runner was released on 2 April 1957.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/13/2023

    6/10

    I can't say I am too familiar with Ray Danton, but his dashing good looks and considered performance go some way to keeping this sad and complicated melodrama out of the doldrums. We know from the start that he has been released from a psychiatric hospital (initially against the advice of his doctor who was rather brow-beaten into changing his mind by his board colleagues). It is fairly clear that this man, "Roy", is…

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