Run for the Sun (1956) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Run for the Sun

Roy Boulting, 1956

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The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell, 1924

Run for the Sun is a movie directed by Roy Boulting in 1956 and based on the book The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, first published in 1924. The movie features Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer, Peter van Eyck, Juan García, Tony Carbajal, and others.

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RATING

6.4

/ 10

Movie Poster: Run for the Sun (Roy Boulting, 1956)

7.8

/ 10

Book Cover: The Most Dangerous Game (Richard Connell, 1924)

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Audiobook cover of The Most Dangerous Game, the 1924 book by Richard Connell.

The Most Dangerous Game

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Storyline

A war criminal on the run and a British traitor are playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with a novelist and a magazine reporter when their car crashes in the Mexican forest.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Run for the Sun, the 1956 movie by Roy Boulting

Year

1956

Minutes

99

Movie Rate

6.40

Source: IMDb

Cover of The Most Dangerous Game, the 1924 book by Richard Connell

Year

1924

Pages

48

Book Rate

7.88

S: Goodreads

Book

The Most Dangerous Game

Country: USA

First published in: 1924

Length: 48 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Cover of The Most Dangerous Game, the 1924 book by Richard Connell

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