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Nov 13, 1987 · A falsely convicted policeman must run for his life in a dystopian America where a TV show pits convicts against killers. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this movie based on a Stephen King novel.
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- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Paul Michael Glaser
- 1987-11-13
The Running Man is a 1987 American dystopian action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura.
Find out who starred in the sci-fi action movie The Running Man, based on Stephen King's novel. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is "The Running Man" -- a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death.
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- Paul Michael Glaser
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- Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books.
- Stephen King
- 1982
A dystopian action thriller about a falsely convicted policeman who escapes from prison and joins a resistance movement against a brutal police state. He must also survive a deadly TV game show where he is hunted by killers and stalkers.
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Nov 13, 1987 · Based on a novel by Stephen King, The Running Man is a 1987 sci-fi action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It depicts a dystopian future where people risk their lives for a chance to win a billion dollars on a reality TV show.
