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Run for the Sun [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]

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Another Great Classic worthy of any collection... holds up through the years for action and adventure... which it would come out in U.S. Region format soon.....

This is a great, old-fashioned adventure thriller with terrific locaton filming which adds a real air of authenticity to the whole proceedings. The DVD is bare-bones but great quality - anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1 taken from a very nice, sharp, colourful print free of defects.

If you love old British adventure movies like this and "Northwest Frontier", check this one out. It's dirty, sweaty and gritty, and always entertaining.

For many, many years this was my all-time favorite movie! As time went by, so many other great action movies came out that this one moved done my list a bit, but it's STILL near the top...and I own over 2000 movies, and see about three new ones per week....so that's saying quite a bit. This is directed by Roy Boulting (who was Hayley Mills' first husband), but like many of Alfred Hitchcock's movies, this film tells the story of one man facing the odds alone! It's the story of a famous award winning writer, who after the war (WWII) decides he wants to get away from the rat race and goes to central Mexico to get away from all the hub-bub of the business world. A woman journalist is sent by her famous magazine employer to try and track him down and get his 'story' on why he disappeared like he did. She finds him and he is allusive as ever and won't cooperate with her wishes for his story. They're attracted to each other, but she finally gives up on her story and he agrees to fly her to Mexico City in his old Piper Cub plane, so she can go back to New York City. But her magnetic note pad in her purse fouls the plane's compass and then all hell breaks loose! I won't go into details, but what follows is a FABULOUS story and the details are amazing. She learns more about his war past and their adventure together is incredibly exciting!

By the way, I've looked for this movie for literally DECADES on VHS and I've NEVER been able to find a commercial copy anywhere! My only copy was a homemade VHS I taped off of TBS Atlanta. Crappy copy, with commercials still in it! I FINALLY saw this Spanish/Mexican DVD on Amazon, which is totally all in English and great quality! It plays on all my DVD players and is wide screen. Make sure you're getting a copy that will play on U.S. machines!

I didn't read carefully that this dvd was in European format when I ordered it. I couldn't find this movie anywhere else but this seller. I had a difficult time getting a partial refund from this seller. So, beware when you purchase dvds. Read all the fine print.