The FILM NOIR series at Coos Bay Public Library continues on Sunday, February 16th at 4:00. John Garfield’s final film He Ran All the Way (1951) will be screened. Garfield stars as dim-witted criminal Nick Robey who, along with his partner Al Molin, stages a payroll holdup. Their plan goes horribly awry when they’re discovered by a police officer and Al is shot. Nick shoots back, hitting the officer and running for safety. While seeking cover in a public swimming pool, Nick meets Peggy Dobbs (Shelley Winters), a lonely young girl who takes him to her family’s run-down apartment. When Nick discovers that he killed the cop, he decides to use Peggy’s apartment as hideout to wait the police manhunt cool down. When Nick finds that Peggy loves him, he invites her to leave town with him and asks her to buy a used car. However, Nick cannot trust anybody and believes Peggy has betrayed him. Less than a year after its release Garfield was dead at the age of 39 – due to a long-term heart condition. The Film Noir series is held on the third Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome at this free program sponsored by The Friends of Coos Bay Public Library. The Library is located at 525 Anderson Avenue. Please call 269-1101 or visit coosbaylibrary.org for further information about this program.
