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The Running Man

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

6.7(49)19631h 43m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • spain
  • gibraltar
  • insurance fraud
  • insurance investigator
  • fake death
  • glider
  • ironic ending
  • plane wreck
  • málaga, spain
  • rock of gibraltar
  • relentless investigator

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Carol Reed

Produced in

United Kingdom

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Oct 1963
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical10 May 1965

Frequently asked questions

The Running Man was released on 1 October 1963.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    4/18/2020

    7/10

    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 …

  • M

    moviesteve

    7/17/2022

    Say The Running Man and most people think of a not particularly good Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi/action movie from 1987. But there is another one, from 1963, starring Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick and Alan Bates, and it’s all about a man who gets a sniff of money and it drives him nuts. The action kicks off in London, where grieving widow Stella (Remick) is making a great show of burying her much loved husband, wh…

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