See How They Run

2022 99 min ★ 6.3 Mystery, Comedy, Crime

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

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Cast

Sam Rockwell

Inspector Stoppard

Saoirse Ronan

Constable Stalker

Adrien Brody

Leo Köpernick

Ruth Wilson

Petula Spencer

Reece Shearsmith

John Woolf

Harris Dickinson

Richard Attenborough

Charlie Cooper

Dennis Corrigan

David Oyelowo

Mervyn Cocker-Norris

Kieran Hodgson

Harley the Motorcycle Messenger

Pearl Chanda

Sheila Sim

Details

Director

Tom George

Tagline

"The greatest murder ever staged."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$21,921,551

Production

Searchlight Pictures, DJ Films, TSG Entertainment

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

September 11, 2022

★ 7/10

Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan gel really well together in this rather entertaining spoof of all thing Agatha Christie. The latter is the newbie constable "Stalker" - an enthusiastic young woman who is saddled on the experienced, gin-loving, inspector "Stoppard" when the pretty unlikeable film director "Köpernick" (Adrien Brody) is beaten to death with a sewing machine! It turns out that he had ju...

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The Movie Mob

January 2, 2023

★ 6/10

See How They Run meddles through its runtime in mediocrity until the final 20 minutes (which are fantastic!). Not horrible overall, but not worth a repeat. See How They Run lagged along for about the first hour of the movie but really picked up and entertained in the final act. Saoirse Ronan's performance brought some charm to a fairly bland film. There were hidden jokes and puns throughout tha...

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Streaming Banter

June 12, 2025

SEE HOW THEY RUN IS A 2022 MOVIE. GRADE: B-. (HULU). > It has a strong #WesAnderson feel. A couple of weeks ago the quirky director Wes Anderson released his newest movie #ThePhoenicianScheme. There have been plenty of ads for it, that’s for sure. #SeeHowTheyRun is a 2022 movie now on #HULU set in the year 1953 with lots of contemporary name-dropping which I love. It has the same “murder mys...