Given that there are only seven basic plots it seems foolish to spend so much time both alleging and rebutting the connection (or non) between Run For The Sun and The Most Dangerous Game aka The Hounds Of Zaroff. Over the years there have been several films involving an isolated house, an eccentric/insane owner who lures - or waits for the genuinely lost - travellers to his bailiwick, entertains them royally for a short time then explains the way back to the civilised world, gives them a reasonably start and then goes in pursuit with a pack of hounds. This is, of course, a sound basis for a thriller and begs variations. In Run For The Sun Trevor Howard is a William Joyce (Lord 'Haw Haw') who, unlike the original, escaped the hangman's noose and holed up in a Mexican jungle. Richard Widmark and Jane Greer, flying in Widmark's plane to Acapulco, veer off course, run out of gas, and crash not too far from Howard's home. Once Widmark figures out who Howard is and realises there's no way Howard can afford to let them go, he goes on the lam with Greer with Howard and a pack of dogs on their trail. It's competent, Widmark is invariably good value and Greer is good to look at. What's not to like.

An implausible story, but a great romantic adventure nonetheless.Starring Richard Widmark, very good as the Roman a Clef Hemingway, one of Widmark's best performances IMO, except for those roles that involved wheelchairs, and Jane Greer, as the tenacious journalist/love interest.And Nazis too: Trevor Howard, one of my favorites, as a fictitious Lord Haw Haw, very sinister, getting his comeuppance, and other Nazis too.Widmark, Greer, and Howard are all excellent.It's a very exciting and entertaining film, if you're willing to suspend disbelief.Definitely worth watching.

Run from the Sun (1956) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Decent reworking of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME features Richard Widmark and Jane Greer playing a couple writers whose plane crashes in the Mexican jungle. They're taken in by a couple strange men (Trevor Howard, Peter van Eyck) who just happen to be escape Nazis and soon the writers must race through the jungle to try and reach safety. This isn't a direct remake of the 1932 classic and it's a case where I really wish they had stuck closer to the original film instead of trying to do something new. I always admire remakes/re-workings that at least try and do something different but here's a case where the end results really don't work as well as they should have. I really put the majority of the blame on the screenplay because the 99-minute running time doesn't get to the adventure until around the 70-minute mark and by this time the pacing has been so hit and miss that as the viewer you're already taken out of the story. By the time you reach the eventual chase it becomes rather obvious that our two heroes are in no danger and this is a major problem because it leads us to have no suspense anywhere in the story. The first half of the movie tries to build up all the characters, which I wouldn't mind but the screenplay really doesn't do much in terms of character development. I personally found the two lead characters to be rather boring and not once did I buy into their "issues", which include the female hiding the fact that she was a reporter trying to track down Widmark, a famous author who is trying to stay away from the public. The two bad guys are rather interesting characters but their story is quickly told and sadly the two of them are off screen way too much. Once the eventual adventure starts the direction really isn't strong enough to keep the film moving. The jungle settings are never really used to build up anything and while the final ten-minutes finally get some suspense, there are just a few too many silly moments to make the thing completely come together. Both Widmark and Greer are good in their parts but one wishes they had more to work with. Howard easily steals the film as the bad guy but he doesn't get that much screen time. RUN FOR THE SUN has a few interesting moments but not enough to make the film worth viewing unless you're fans of the actors.

Movie talks upon a beautiful woman reporter (Jane Greer) , she is looking for an adventurer novelist(Richard Widmark) in a solitary South American location . They fall in love and aboard a plane are crashed on jungle . There find shelter in an inhospitable mansion inhabited by strange people (Trevor Howard and Peter Van Eyck) . The picture gets adventure action , a love story , thriller , exciting pursuits with numerous odds , risks and perils and results to be pretty entertaining . Richard Widmark as the stalwart and brave hero is nice . Enjoyable Jane Greer (Out the past) as a genuinely moving heroine is fine . Secondary cast is excellent with a terrific Trevor Howard and a crafty Peter Van Eyck . The tale was compellingly developed in this second of several versions using Richard Connell's famed novel . It's a remake to ¨The most dangerous game¨(Ernest B.Schoedsack with Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks as count Zaroff), the classic and black and white adaptation was creepier and darkest , this version is glimmer (spectacular cinematography by Joseph LaShelle) and an adventure film . Recent version titled ¨Surviving the game¨(Ernest Dickerson with Ice T and Rutger Hauer) is more violen t. Motion picture was well directed by British director Roy Boulting . The flick will appeal to Richard Widmark fans and adventure cinema-goers . Rating : Good , if you haven't seen it , you don't miss the chance the next time .