The Runaway

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The Runaway

"Driven by fear of detection she fled from the city to the Kentucky hills."

1926

1h 9m

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Drama

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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.

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5 members

Acting

Clara Bow

Cynthia Meade

Acting

Warner Baxter

Wade Murrell

Acting

William Powell

Jack Harrison

Acting

George Bancroft

Lesher Skidmore

Acting

Edythe Chapman

Mrs. Murrell

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