The Running Man

About The Running Man

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The Running Man is a 1987 science fiction thriller film directed by Paul Michael Glaser. The film is filed under on the run, death game, paranoid, and authoritarian.

Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the lead as Ben Richards, Richard Dawson as Damon Killian, María Conchita Alonso as Amber Mendez, and Yaphet Kotto as William Laughlin. Released in November 1987, it runs 101 minutes.

The screenplay is by Steven E. de Souza. It was produced by Braveworld Productions, Keith Barish Productions, and Taft Entertainment Pictures. It is adapted from a novel. It streams on AMC+ Amazon Channel, fuboTV, and Paramount+ Amazon Channel in the United States.

The Running Man, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials make useful companions to The Running Man, all filed under dystopia and game show. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 2,998 votes and it carries a R rating.