Nowhere to Run (1993) on Netflix
Escaped convict Sam Gillen hides out on the farm of Clydie Anderson, a widow with two children. Developer Franklin Hale wants her land and hires Mr. Dunston to force her out.
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Plot summary
Sam Gillen is a convict freed from a prison bus by his partner Billy, who is shot and killed during the escape. Sam camps near a farm owned by Clydie Anderson, a widow raising two children, Mike, known as Mookie, and Bree. He slips into her house for a salt shaker and returns it the next night; Mookie finds his campsite. Developer Franklin Hale wants Clydie's land, and he has hired an intimidation expert, Mr. Dunston, to pressure her into selling. When three thugs attack the family one night, Sam fights them off. Clydie, grateful, offers him shelter in her barn. Sam stays on, repairing her late husband's Triumph motorcycle with Mookie's help.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nowhere to Run (1993)
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- Producer Craig Baumgarten had carried the story for a decade, developed from an idea by director Richard Marquand, who worked on the script with Joe Eszterhas. Marquand's sudden death left it on the shelf until Baumgarten remembered it while hunting for a Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle.
- Joe Eszterhas later said Van Damme wrecked his screenplay, insisting it lost its sensitivity and that he does not like to remember the film. Van Damme agreed the script was poor and said the writer shook his hand and promised a fix that never came.
