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Runaway!

Runaway!

19735.31h 13m

Overview

A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.

Directed by David Lowell Rich
Written by Gerald Di Pego
Produced by David Lowell Rich
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Top Cast

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Holly Gibson

Ben Murphy

Ben Murphy

Les Reever

Ed Nelson

Ed Nelson

Nick Staffo

Darleen Carr

Darleen Carr

Carol Lerner

Martin Milner

Martin Milner

John Shedd

Lee Montgomery

Lee Montgomery

Mark Shedd (as Lee H. Montgomery)

Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Ellen Staffo

Ray Danton

Ray Danton

Prof. Jack Dunn

F

Frank Marth

Dispatcher

Bing Russell

Bing Russell

Fireman

Themes & Keywords

mountaincoloradosnowtrainrunaway traindisaster movie

About Runaway!

Runaway! is a thriller, tv movie film released in 1973 exploring themes of mountain, colorado, snow, train, runaway train, disaster movie. Directed by David Lowell Rich, it stars Ben Johnson, Ben Murphy, Ed Nelson. A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.

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