Run, Simon, Run

Dec 1, 1970

1h 14m

★ 4.9

A red man and white woman bound by a love that death can't destroy.

Overview

A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Aaron Spelling Productions

Run, Simon, Run Trailers

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Cast

Simon Zuniga

Burt Reynolds

Carroll Rennard

Inger Stevens

Sheriff Tacksberry

Royal Dano

Henry Burroughs

James Best

Manuel

Rodolfo Acosta

Freddie Tomb

Don Dubbins

Esther

Joyce Jameson

Cesar Rosetti

Barney Phillips

Asa

Herman Rudin

Santana

Eddie Little Sky

Warden Lomis

Ken Lynch

Marilyn

Rosemary Eliot

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