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The Running Man
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
1987 · Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · 101 min · Action · Thriller · Science Fiction · 47 frames
Tagline
It is the year 2019. "The Running Man" is a deadly game no one has ever survived. But... Schwarzenegger has yet to play.
Crew
- Screenplay: Steven E. de Souza
- Cinematography: Thomas Del Ruth
- Edited by: Mark Warner, John Wright, Edward A. Warschilka
- Music: Harold Faltermeyer
- Production design: Jack T. Collis, Ron Cobb
- Produced by: George Linder, Tim Zinnemann
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards
- Richard Dawson as Damon Killian
- María Conchita Alonso as Amber Mendez
- Yaphet Kotto as William Laughlin
- Jim Brown as Fireball
- Jesse Ventura as Captain Freedom
- Erland van Lidth as Dynamo
- Marvin J. McIntyre as Harold Weiss
- Gus Rethwisch as Buzzsaw
- Professor Toru Tanaka as Subzero
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Studios: Braveworld Productions, Keith Barish Productions, Taft Entertainment Pictures
- Budget: $27,000,000
- Box office: $38,122,105
- Themes: based on novel or book, dystopia, game show, on the run, totalitarian, prison break, paranoid, dark future, wrongly accused, death game
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