Crime ·Drama ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1963 · 1h 43m

The Running Man

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Director
Carol Reed
Cast
Laurence Harvey as Rex Black Lee Remick as Stella Black Alan Bates as Stephen Felix Aylmer as Parson Eleanor Summerfield as Hilda Tanner Colin Gordon as Solicitor
Crew
Robert Krasker — Director of Photography Bert Bates — Editor William Alwyn — Original Music Composer John Mortimer — Screenplay Shelley Smith — Novel Carol Reed — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
spaingibraltarinsurance fraudinsurance investigatorfake deathgliderironic endingplane wreckmálaga, spainrock of gibraltarrelentless investigator
Key Collaborators
Carol Reed Director Robert Krasker Director of Photography Bert Bates Editor William Alwyn Original Music Composer John Mortimer Screenplay Shelley Smith Novel Carol Reed Producer
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