Girl on the Run

Dec 15, 1953

1h 4m

★ 4.3

Murder Stalks The Carnival

Overview

A hootchy-kootchy whodunit set at a small seedy carnival where a reporter tries to discover who killed his boss while his girlfriend inexplicably joins the burlesque show!

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Rose Tree

Girl on the Run Trailers

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Cast

Bill Martin

Richard Coogan

Janet

Rosemary Pettit

Hank

Frank Albertson

Clay Reeves

Harry Bannister

Carnival Girl

Edith King

Blake

Charles Bolender

Managing Editor

George Marshall

Gigi

Renee De Milo

Marty

Joseph Sullivan

Bat

Mike O'Dowd

Red

John Krollers

Carnival Girl

Roxanne Arlen

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