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The Running Man( 1963)

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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.

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      Laurence Harvey

      Rex Black

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      Lee Remick

      Stella Black

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      Alan Bates

      Stephen

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      Felix Aylmer

      Parson

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      Eleanor Summerfield

      Hilda Tanner

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      Colin Gordon

      Solicitor

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      Allan Cuthbertson

      Jenkins

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      Harold Goldblatt

      Tom Webster

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      Noel Purcell

      Miles Bleeker

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      Ramsay Ames

      Madge Penderby

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      Fernando Rey

      Police Official

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      Juanjo Menéndez

      Roberto (as Juan Jose Menendez)

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      Eddie Byrne

      Sam Crewdson

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      John Meillon

      Jim Jerome

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      Roger Delgado

      Spanish Doctor

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      Fortunio Bonanova

      Spanish Bank Manager

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      Shirley Gale

      Florence

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      José Calvo

      Porter

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      Joe Lynch

      Roy Tanner

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      Freddy Roberts

      Guide

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      Adriano Domínguez

      Civil Guard

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      James Neyland

      English Customs Official

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      Pamela Mant

      Margaret Webster

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      Herbert Curiel

      1st Witness

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      Antonio Padilla Ruiz

      2nd Witness

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      Lockwood West

      Bank Manager

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      Bob Cunningham

      Thomas Guppy

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      Ildefonso San Félix

      Customs Official

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      Manolita Barroso

      Dianne

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      Rafael Albaicín

      Waiter

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      Ángel Jiménez

      1st Gipsy Boy

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      Juan Jiménez

      2nd Gipsy Boy

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Apr 18 2020
    You love it, don't you? I mean, you love taking risks and teasing him because you think he's trying to catch you. The Running Man is directed by Carol Reed and is adapted to screenplay by John Mortimer from the novel "The Ballad of the Running Man" written by Shelley Smith. It stars Lee Remick, Laurence Harvey and Alan Bates. Music is by William Alwyn and cinematography by Robert Krasker. Miffed about missing out on an insurance pay out due to a financial technicality, Rex (Harvey) decides to get his own back. He takes out a massive policy and fakes his own death, which subsequently sees...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • spain
    • gibraltar
    • insurance fraud
    • insurance investigator
    • fake death
    • glider
    • ironic ending
    • plane wreck
    • málaga, spain
    • rock of gibraltar
    • relentless investigator