2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

vincentlynch-moonoi ...and this movie is plain dumb.The whole plot is stupid! 2 London-based American newspapermen (Gable and Tone) are rivals for covering hot stories...including one about a millionairess (Crawford) who bolts out of her own wedding, afraid of newspapermen. Meanwhile a baron involved in aviation (but really a spy) gets involved in the story, and Crawford and Gable fly off...even though he's not a pilot. She doesn't realize he's a reporter. They crash land and hitch a ride on a cabbage truck, and before long Tone has caught up with them, only to lose out on the story again. Crawford and Gable spend the night at the Palace of Fontainebleau and then discover they are in love. Then Crawford learns that Gable is a reporter using her for a good story. Then the spies show up again and eventually Crawford is kidnapped. Of course, they all live happily ever after. YES, IT REALLY IS THAT DUMB.Gable plays Gable; which is good. Now, after watching the television mini-series "Feud", it' difficult for me to take Crawford seriously any longer, although she is pleasant enough here. I liked Franchot Tone here, but he certainly got the short end of the stick. Reginald Owens as the baron and William Demarest (as the newspaper editor and whom I usually like) just come across as buffoons in this film. A bright spot is Donald Meek, as adorable as ever.Ludicrous. Not recommended except for die-hard fans of Gable and Crawford (and I am quite a fan of Gables).

jmkosinski I don't understand the poor reviews this movie gets. It's certainly not the strongest of the Antoine Doinel films, but if you have followed the story this far, it is very much worth seeing and provides an excellent conclusion. I should add that this movie will make absolutely zero sense if you have not seen all of the previous Doinel films, including the short one about Collette. In fact, I was somewhat astounded by how this film managed to tie all the loose ends together while still having something of an independent story. It is some years later, and after a long separation, Antoine and Christine are finally getting divorced. At the courthouse, Collette, now a lawyer, sees Antoine, and their troubled love lives become entangled. Antoine has a new lover but his relationship is not going well and of course, it all goes back to his mother. By the end you are really rooting for Antoine and Collette, and while the ending is a little sappy, after so much uncertainty and all the struggles he has faced it brought a smile to my face.

Neil Doyle Everything about LOVE ON THE RUN is derivative. It seems like a reincarnation of Gable's role in "It Happened One Night" with him as a newspaper reporter passing himself off as a friend to runaway heiress JOAN CRAWFORD.It's a bumpy ride most of the way, but there is one exceptionally funny scene in the palace at Fontainbleu involving a batty caretaker (DONALD MEEK) who thinks Gable and Crawford are ghosts and wants to give Gable a tip on his minuet style. He joins forces with Crawford for a charming bit of physical comedy--and then sadly disappears from much of the plot.CLARK GABLE and JOAN CRAWFORD both exhibit comic ability, with Gable especially amusing in that minuet sequence. FRANCHOT TONE is Gable's rival reporter, always falling for Gable's con man tricks. But their material is thin--and rehashed from dozens of other films the two made either apart or together. Crawford is a harder, edgier version of the runaway gal Claudette Colbert played in "It Happened One Night".Crawford looks at the peak of her photogenic charm and her chemistry with both stars is excellent.But overall, it's just another screwball comedy about a runaway heiress and her vexation over being deceived by newspaper reporters.

MartinHafer This movie is an obvious re-working of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT and is a couple steps below it in quality. However, considering that Clark Gable, Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone do such a good job with the material, it's still an excellent film. That's because despite the familiarity of the material, the movie is so much fun to watch. The dialog is snappy and the pacing is great. And, despite the film being pretty predictable (as most were of the era), I didn't mind and felt myself being caught up in the movie.Joan is a runaway bride and Gable is the cad pretending to help her but he's got a secret agenda. In the end, they are head-over-heels and the movie closes. Sounds familiar? Of course, but who cares--it's still lovely to watch.