
The Running Man(1963)
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.


“Something always happened to her men...”
A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.
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Wallace Ford
Sam Grover

June Vincent
Edna Grover

Mark Roberts
Ray Belden
Johnstone White
Huntington Stewart
Dick Hogan
Tom Grover

Frank Albertson
Hutton

Elena Verdugo
Marilyn

Betty Blythe
Mrs. Peet (Uncredited)

Mary Treen
Hilda (Uncredited)

Oliver Blake
Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)
Shed No Tears is a crime, drama, romance film released in 1948 exploring themes of insurance fraud, film noir, fake death. Directed by Jean Yarbrough, it stars Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts. A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.
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