You Can't Run Away from It
- IMDb link: 0049973
- IMDb rating: 5.9 (679 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Romance, Musical
- Director: Dick Powell
- Cast: June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert and others
- Release date: 31 Oct 1956
- Release year: 1956
- Runtime: 95 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: screwball comedy, color remake of black and white film, reference to tucson arizona, reference to yuma arizona, arizona
Plot:
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to Houston to be with her husband. Her father hires a private investigator to stop her. On the bus to Houston, a newspaper man (Jack Lemmon) figures out who she is. Instead of cashing in on the big story and the reward money he falls in love with her.