The Runaway Bride is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Paul Hurst.

It was directed by Donald Crisp, from a screenplay by Jane Murfin, adapted from the play Cooking Her Goose by H. H. Van Loan and Lolita Ann Westman.

Meanwhile, Red Dugan (Maurice Black) robs a jewelry store and slips into Mary's room (formerly his).

Dugan hides a stolen necklace in Mary's handbag, before he and a policeman fatally shoot each other.

When Clara Muldoon (Natalie Moorhead), the chambermaid, comes to change the linen, Mary asks her for a hiding place, giving her $300.

After Mary leaves, Clara comes upon Dugan, who manages to tell her that he "put it in her bag" before dying.

Police Sergeant Daly (Paul Hurst) questions Clara, then accuses Dick of being Dugan's associate when he returns.

As "Sally Fairchild", Mary shows up at the home of wealthy bachelor George Blaine (Lloyd Hughes) to take the job.