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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. The film is set in a dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, featuring a television show where convicted criminal "runners" must escape death ...
Nov 13, 1987 · A falsely convicted policeman must run for his life in a TV game show where he faces killers in a dystopian America. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic 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 the last of four books written by King that were published between 1977 and 1982 under the name Richard Bachman, which were reissued in one volume as The Bachman Books (1985). The others are Rage (1977), The Long Walk (1979), and Roadwork (1981). [1]
- Stephen King
- 1982
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.
The Running Man (4K UHD) Set in the future, a wrongly convicted policeman must win his freedom by participating in a televised survival game by fighting a team of assassins directed by a sadistic game show host in a desolate section of Los Angeles. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
- 96 min
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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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. Paul Michael Glaser ...
