The Fleeing Dead (1936)

Name: The Fleeing Dead
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Released: 1936-01-02

1h 25m

Running Time

Plot.

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.

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Release Date
January 2, 1936

Original Name
Le Mort en fuite

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

Genres
Comedy Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-05-09

Wiki.

Death on the Run (French: Le mort en fuite) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Jules Berry, Michel Simon and Marie Glory. It was made at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Jean d'Eaubonne. It was remade two years later in Britain as Break the News starring Jack Buchanan and Maurice Chevalier. In 1954 the film was remade in France.