The Running Man

Oct 1, 1963

1h 43m

★ 6.7

Time is Running Out for the Running Man...And His Woman!

Overview

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Peet Productions

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Cast

Rex Black

Laurence Harvey

Stella Black

Lee Remick

Stephen

Alan Bates

Parson

Felix Aylmer

Hilda Tanner

Eleanor Summerfield

Solicitor

Colin Gordon

Jenkins

Allan Cuthbertson

Tom Webster

Harold Goldblatt

Miles Bleeker

Noel Purcell

Madge Penderby

Ramsay Ames

Police Official

Fernando Rey

Roberto (as Juan Jose Menendez)

Juanjo Menéndez

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