The Running Man [Blu-ray]

Director: Carol Reed Carol Reed

Overview

A greedy married couple devises a devious insurance scam in this stylish thriller. Following her husband's tragic death, the new "widow" eagerly awaits payment on his large insurance policy. Meanwhile, the deceased hot foots it to Spain and awaits her arrival. Unfortunately, a dogged insurance agent is tailing his wife.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/18/2019
UPC:	0760137250487
Original Release:	1963
Rating:	NR
Source:	Arrow Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00

Special Features

Isolated music and effects track; Audio commentary by Peter William Evans, author of British Film-Makers: Carol Reed; On the Trail of The Running Man, an all-new featurette with crew members including script supervisor Angela Allen and assistant director Kits Browning; Lee Remick at the National Film Theatre, an audio-only recording of the actor's appearance at the NFT in 1970; Image gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Laurence Harvey	Rex Black
Lee Remick	Stella Black
Alan Bates	Stephen
Eleanor Summerfield	Hilda Tanner
Felix Aylmer	Parson
Allan Cuthbertson	Jenkins
Harold Goldblatt	Tom Webster
Noel Purcell	Miles Bleeker
Ramsay Ames	Madge Penderby
Fernando Rey	Police Official
Juan Jose Menendez	Roberto
Eddie Byrne	Sam Crewdson
Colin Gordon	Solicitor
John Meillon	Jim Jerome
Roger Delgado	Spanish Doctor
Fortunio Bonanova	Bank Manager
Shirley Gale	Florence
Jose Calvo	Porter
Joe Lynch	Roy Tanner
Freddy Roberts	Guide
James Neyland	English Customs Official
Pamela Mant	Margaret Webster
Herbert Curiel	1st Witness
Antonio Padilla Ruiz	2nd Witness
Lockwood West	Bank Manager
Bob Cunningham	Thomas Guppy
Adriano Domínguez	Civil Guard
María Granada	Dianne
Ildefonso San Félix	Actor
William Alwyn	Composer

Technical Credits

John Mortimer

Carol Reed	Director,Producer
John Mortimer	Screenwriter
John R. Sloan	Producer
Peter Thornton	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

The Running Man is considered a big disappointment to fans of director Carol Reed's The Third Man, who rightfully consider it a step down from that classic. Some even go so far as to claim that Running proves that Reed was really nothing more than a competent filmmaker who "lucked into" projects like Third Man. This view overstates the problems with Running, which looked at objectively is a more than adequate little thriller. Reed has to contend with a script that stretches credulity in some of its plot points, but for the most part it's a solid little effort. Where Reed and Running fall down a bit is in a certain tentativeness that creeps in to the piece; it doesn't prove that Reed was just an average director, it merely supports the view that his firing from Mutiny on the Bounty unnerved him and made him unsure of himself. Running works perfectly well, but it doesn't have the assuredness, the directorial cockiness that is needed to make it take off like a rocket. It does have a typically engaging performance from Alan Bates, a somewhat off-putting one from Laurence Harvey and a commendable but slightly lacking one from Lee Remick. It also has some glorious cinematography from Robert Krasker, carefully composed shots, fine use of locations and a nicely ironic ending. All in all, not great but more than sufficiently entertaining.