Word: andruseu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unlike J. D. Salinger's stories, The Little Fugitive deals with a child who is more usual than unique. In the title role, Richie Andruseu, a Brooklyn seven-year-old, believe that he has killed his twelve-year-old brother. To avoid the police, he escapes by subway to coney Island where the mechanics of the plot almost vanish and the delightful swagger and expressions of Andruseu emerge. AT first he saunters along the amusement park pavement in awe--youthfully oblivious to the crime he thinks he has committed. Subtly, the camera follows him through the unsympathetic crowds...
...acting job, The Little Fugitive was no great chore for Richie Andruseu. Where Brandon De Wilde was excellent for his portrayal of a frontier boy in Shane, Richie Andruseu excells at simply being himself. His older brother played by Ricky Brewster is more conscious of the presence of the camera and is accordingly less convincing. The credit for the film's achievement, however, should go to Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Olken who though up the situations and told Richie what...
...photographic touches employed throughout the movie provide pleasant diversions from the frequently trite techniques used by Hollywood. Skillful treatment of the beach scenes and the close-ups of Andruseu framed by amusement park fixtures add much to the film. In all, The Little Fugitive is a fine movie about a child-seldom sentimental and often humorous. It deserves the places it has been winning on 1953's "Ten Best" lists...
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