Runaway!

Sep 29, 1973

1h 13m

★ 5.3

Overview

A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.

Genres

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Universal Television

Runaway! Trailers

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Cast

Holly Gibson

Ben Johnson

Les Reever

Ben Murphy

Nick Staffo

Ed Nelson

Carol Lerner

Darleen Carr

John Shedd

Martin Milner

Mark Shedd (as Lee H. Montgomery)

Lee Montgomery

Ellen Staffo

Vera Miles

Prof. Jack Dunn

Ray Danton

Dispatcher

Frank Marth

Fireman

Bing Russell

Conductor

John McLiam

Brakeman

Lou Frizzell

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