He Ran All the Way is a 1951 American crime drama and film noir starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. It was Garfield's final film before his death in 1952 at the age of 39.
Petty thief Nick Robey (Garfield) botches a robbery, shooting and killing a policeman. He escapes with over $10,000 and, deliberately loses himself in a crowd.
Arriving at a local swimming pool, Nick meets bakery worker Peg Dobbs (Winters) and accompanies her to her family's apartment. Peg's mother, father and young brother leave to see a movie. When they return, Robey takes the family hostage until he can escape from the police search for him. Peg's initial attraction to him is replaced by fear.
As a manhunt for Nick intensifies outside, he becomes increasingly paranoid.
To save her family Peg agrees to go away with Nick. He gives her $1,500 to buy a new car.
Influenced by Peg's father that Peg will not buy the car, Nick refuses to believe Peg. However she insists that the car will be delivered to the front door after the dealer has the headlights repaired.
The following day, Nick violently takes Peg down the stairs toward the exit, terrifying her. When Nick's gun drops beyond his reach and he orders Peg to hand it to him, she shoots him instead. Nick, mortally wounded, crawls outside to the curb in time to see his new car arrive as Peg said it would.
As life imitates art, John Garfield died in May of the next year. The cause of death was a heart attack. He Ran All the Way was his last film.
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