On the Run is a 1982 Australian thriller film.
Cast Rod Taylor as Mr Payatta Paul Winfield as Harry Beau Cox Ray Meagher as Joe Thompson Danny Adcock as Jingles Alastair Duncan as Mr Jabert
Plot A small boy (Beau Cox) is orphaned and sent to live with his uncle (Rod Taylor), who is a hitman. When the boy witnesses his uncle kill some people, his uncle orders that his assistant (Paul Winfield) help shoot the boy; the assistant refuses and takes off with the boy.
Production The movie marked the first time Rod Taylor had played an Australian character in an Australian film.Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood, Bear Manor Media, 2010 p. 207
Release The film was not released theatrically,Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p116 although it did have one theatrical screening in Bondi NSW, a condition of the movie's financing via tax concession.
Reception The Birmingham News's movie critic Kenneth Shorey panned the film. He wrote "Shot on scenic locations in Australia, On the Run is a long, rambling movie in which Paul Winfield talks to himself almost the entire time. His companion is a French boy, Beau Cox, who doesn't speak English and consequently has very little to do but look at Winfield quizzically." Variety states "B-movie fans will eventually catch up with the simple pleasures of this well made but minor opus after its unheralded current theatrical release."
References
External links
On the Run at National Film and Sound Archive On the Run at Ozmovies.