Little Fugitive

7/10/2025

I’m not a great fan of kids in films, but hats off to the young Richie Andrusco who really holds this together amiably well. “Joey” likes to play with his elder brother “Lennie” (Richard Brewster) and his pals but they think he’s a bit of a nuisance and like to play pranks on him. When they start messing around with a gun it looks like “Joey” might have actually done for his sibling and he panics. He can’t possibly go home, so he heads to the bright lights of the resort at Coney Island and that’s where he makes some friends whilst realising that he can make enough money to have plenty of goes on the ponies if he collects discarded bottles. Luckily for “Joey”, the man who runs those horses manages to find out enough about him to phone his worried brother, but he’s still going to have to get

7/19/2026

Really wonderful black and white photography in the cinematography. There are some amazing shots of New York City and Coney Island circa 1952. Great story, and a perfect film for me. 10/10