You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It is a 1956 American musical comedy film directed and produced by Dick Powell and starring June Allyson and Jack Lemmon. The film is a remake of the 1934 Academy Award-winning film It Happened One Night. The supporting cast features Charles Bickford, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye, Jack Albertson and Howard McNear. It Happened One Night had also been remade as a musical comedy in 1945 as Eve Knew Her Apples.

You Can't Run Away from It
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Dick Powell
Written by	Samuel Hopkins Adams (story) Robert Riskin (prev. screenplay) Claude Binyon (screenplay)
Produced by	Dick Powell
Starring	June Allyson Jack Lemmon
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Al Clark
Music by	Johnny Mercer, lyrics, and Gene de Paul, music (songs) George Duning (scoring)
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 31, 1956 (1956-10-31)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.45 million (US)[1]

Plot

Because she married an international playboy, Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father, Texas cattleman A. A. Andrews (Charles Bickford). She escapes, managing to evade his nationwide search for her with the help of Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon), a jobless reporter, who sees himself getting the biggest story of the year - until he and Ellie fall in love. When Ellie suspects Peter has sold her out, she returns home. Realizing his daughter loves the newspaperman, Andrews tries to persuade Ellie to run away again, this time from her wedding ceremony.

Cast

• June Allyson as Ellie Andrews
• Jack Lemmon as Peter Warne
• Charles Bickford as A.A. Andrews
• Paul Gilbert as George Shapely
• Jim Backus as Danker
• Stubby Kaye as Fred Toten
• Allyn Joslyn as Joe Gordon, Editor
• Henny Youngman as First Driver
• Jacques Scott as Jacques 'Jack' Ballarino
• Walter Baldwin as 1st Proprietor
• The Four Aces as Vocal Quartette

Soundtrack

Decca Records issued selections from the soundtrack on one side of an Lp Record, with music from other film scores on the reverse.^[2]

Selections include:

• "You Can't Run Away from It"
  Performed by The Four Aces
• "Howdy Friends and Neighbours"
  Performed by Stubby Kaye, June Allyson, and Jack Lemmon
• "Thumbin' a Ride"
  Performed by June Allyson and Jack Lemmon
• "Temporarily"
  Performed by June Allyson and Jack Lemmon
• "Scarecrow Ballet"
  Performed by Morris Stoloff conducting the Columbia Studio Orchestra

These selections were reissued on CD by Decca Broadway, paired with the Broadway cast album of Texas Li'l Darlin'.^[3]

See also

• List of American films of 1956