Little Fugitive

1953

Action / Drama / Family

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 46 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 3216 3.2K

woman director

Plot summary

After a prank makes Joey Norton believe he killed his older brother, he runs away from home and spends the day at Coney Island while his brother tries to find him before their mother gets home.

Director

Ray Ashley Photo
Ray Ashley

Top cast

Will Lee Photo
Will Lee as Photographer
Ruth Orkin Photo
Ruth Orkin as Woman on Beach
Richard Brewster Photo
Richard Brewster as Lennie
Winifred Cushing Photo
Winifred Cushing as Mother
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
663.14 MB
956*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
Seeds 1
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jonathan-577 8 / 10

no moral, just glorious fun, discovery

Reviewed by AlsExGal 8 / 10

A prime example of quality not being dependent on budget...

... this amusing and moving slice-of-life concerns a little boy named Joey (Richie Andrusco). His father is dead and his mother leaves for the weekend to see a sick relative, leaving Joey in the care of his older brother Lennie (Richard Brewster). When Joey thinks that he's killed his brother, the little boy runs off to Coney Island, where he lives every kid's fantasy of over-indulgenceThis was shot with handheld cameras and a non-professional cast. The sound was all done in post, and there's a lone harmonica proving the score. That last bit was the film's weakest point, as the music became repetitive, but not to the point of hurting of the film at all. The film manages to capture one of the least phony depictions of boyhood that I've seen in a narrative film. This was included in the National Film Registry in 1997. Recommended.
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