On the Run is a 1958 second feature^[1] British drama film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Neil McCallum, Susan Beaumont and William Hartnell.^[2] A boxer who becomes romantically involved with a woman.

Plot

Wesley is a young man on the run looking for work, when he meets Tom Casey who offers him lodging and work in his garage. Wesley and Tom's daughter Kitty fall in love. Kitty learms Wesley is a former boxer who won a fight he should have fraudulently thrown, and is running away from a gang seeking revenge. The gang catch up with him and they fight in Tom's garage. Kitty and Wesley marry.

Cast

• Neil McCallum as Wesley
• Susan Beaumont as Kitty Casey
• William Hartnell as Tom Casey
• Gordon Tanner as Bart Taylor
• Philip Saville as Driscoll
• Gil Winfield as Joe
• Hal Osmond as Sam Bassett

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A conventional and unpretentious second feature, this is, within its limits, an improvement on most Danziger productions, thanks largely to agreeable performances from the three principles. Philip Saville's soft-spoken thug is effectively spine-chilling and the fights, if somewhat vicious, are realistically staged."^[3]