The Washington Post, December 9th, 2000
A movie that deals with racism, murder, rape and the threat of a lynch mob hardly sounds like inspirational fare. But you never know where you'll find inspiration. "The Runaway," a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation airing tomorrow night at 9 on CBS (Channel 9), plays like several movies rolled into one--a portrait of a friendship, a murder mystery and a kind of historical snapshot--but the movie they're rolled into is a good one. Set in rural Georgia in the late '40s, the movie starts out as if it's going to be a "Huckleberry Finn"-like picaresque: Two boys, friends since birth, decide to r...
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