Runaway (The)
- Director: David Richards
- Writer: Martina Cole; Allan Cubitt
- Producer: Martina Cole; Fiona Colbeck
CGiii Comment
Not bad at all - Sky is definitely raising its standards as a production company.
Alan Cumming is a revelation - bringing everything to a part.
Shame it wasn't seen by more people.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are brought up together in the East End. As the daughter of a prostitute, Madge, Cathy's life is difficult, especially when everyone assumes that she will be following in her mother's footsteps. But when Cathy is forced to protect Madge from a violent attack by a punter it changes her life forever. Cathy is taken into care but she suffers institutional abuse which leaves her with no choice but to run away. She ends up destitute, on the streets of Soho. Desrae, a transvestite, unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Eamonn joins Dixon's firm and rises up the ranks of the East End criminal underworld. He gets involved with his boss's daughter but in a moment of violent rage, kills her. Eamonn flees to New York to escape retribution where he gains a reputation as a ruthless villain with a specialism for sourcing weaponry.
Cast & Characters
Keith Allen as Danny Dixon;
Burn Gorman as Richard Gates;
Jack O'Connell as Eamonn;
Ken Stott as Joey;
Joanna Vanderham as Cathy;
Kierston Wareing as Madge;
Alan Cumming as Desrae;
Sam Spruell as Jim Harvey;
Mark Womack as Eamonn Doherty