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The Running Man (1963)
director of photography:
Robert Krasker
cast:
Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield, Colin Gordon, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goldblatt
rating:
NR
director:
Carol Reed
running time:
103 min.
writer:
John Mortimer
synopsis
When pilot Rex Black destroys his plane in a crash the day after his insurance policy expires, the insurance company refuses to give him any money. To strike back at the agency, Rex fakes his death, changes his identity, and escapes to Spain, with 50,000 pounds in life insurance money. His wife joins him in Spain, but when an insurance investigator arrives unexpectedly, Rex's paranoia causes him to flee again.
When pilot Rex Black destroys his plane in a crash the day after his insurance policy expires, the insurance company refuses to give him any money. To strike back at the agency, Rex fakes his death, changes his identity, and escapes to Spain, with 50,000 pounds in life insurance money. His wife joins him in Spain, but when an insurance investigator arrives unexpectedly, Rex's paranoia causes him to flee again.
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