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Little Fugitive
Morris Engel's All-American Classic
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.
- Original title
- Little Fugitive
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $30,000
- Revenue
- —
TonyTonyTony
Jul 19, 2026 · via TMDB
Really wonderful black and white photography in the cinematography. There are some amazing shots of New York City and Coney Island circa 1952. Great story, and a perfect film for me. 10/10
CinemaSerf
Jul 10, 2025 · via TMDB
I’m not a great fan of kids in films, but hats off to the young Richie Andrusco who really holds this together amiably well. “Joey” likes to play with his elder brother “Lennie” (Richard Brewster) and his pals but they think he’s a bit of a nuisance and like to play pranks on him. When they start messing around with a gun it looks like “Joey” might have actually done for his sibling and he panics. He can’t possibly go home, so he heads to the bright lights of the resort at Coney Island and that’s where he makes some friends whilst realising that he can make enough money to have plenty of goes on the ponies if he collects discarded bottles. Luckily for “Joey”, the man who runs those horses manages to find out enough about him to phone his worried brother, but he’s still going to have to get there and find him amongst the buzzing crowd before their mother realises that one of her babies has gone AWOL. Once we’ve met the lads and seen the joke play out, there’s precious little dialogue to clutter up this really quite enjoyable hour with a young lad who clearly has a thinking head on his shoulders as he enjoys most - though not all - of his sojourn to the seaside. This film also shows us a little of the excitement of the funfair and of just what entertained us seventy-odd years ago - and that still do that now, too. Many of us, of a certain age, will also remember when you got deposits back on glass bottles so it’s also quite curious just how many the young “Joey” could amass without really making any great effort. It’s also quite touching that though “Lennie” races to find his brother, he still finds time to go on some of the rides and to have an ice cream, too! It’s simplicity is enjoyable and it is well worth a watch.
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Kino Film Collection
Richie Andrusco
Joey Norton
Will Lee
Photographer
Charlie Moss
Harry
Ruth Orkin
Woman on beach (uncredited)
Morris Engel
Cinematography
Morris Engel
Director
Ray Ashley
Director
Ruth Orkin
Director
Ruth Orkin
Editor
Morris Engel
Producer
Ray Ashley
Producer
Morris Engel
Story
Ray Ashley
Story
Ruth Orkin
Story
Morris Engel
Writer
Ray Ashley
Writer
Ruth Orkin
Writer
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