Little Fugitive (1953)
Directed by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin · 80 min · Drama, Family, Adventure
53.2 TOPICAL score · #1,704 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Little Fugitive (1953, directed by Ray Ashley and Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin) has a TOPICAL score of 53.2 - ranked 1,704 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and awards, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (70 ratings) · IMDb 7.5/10. Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (70 ratings) · IMDb 7.5/10
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 16 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read1,791 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams