Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

1965
Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

7.6 | en | Drama

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP26  The Exchange
Mar. 27,1968
The Exchange

Paul is asked to be a go-between to exchange the husband of Alicia Stuyvesant (Janice Rule) for an East German agent being held in the US.

EP25  Life Among the Meat Eaters
Mar. 16,1968
Life Among the Meat Eaters

A gambling syndicate considers Paul a threat to their getting a debt paid by Alejandro Orsini (Jacques Bergerac) who is about to marry wealthy Mona Morrison (Anne Baxter).

EP24  Carol
Mar. 09,1968
Carol

When the boy she thought she married tells her that the wedding was a fake, Carol Sherman (Kim Darby) accepts a ride to San Francisco from Paul to get an abortion.

EP23  Beware My Love
Mar. 02,1968
Beware My Love

Paul helps Barbara Sherwood (Susan Trustman) investigate what she believes to be the suspicious drowning of her sister in Italy.

EP22  The Dead on Furlough
Feb. 22,1968
The Dead on Furlough

Paul accompanies Lisa Sorrow (Ina Balin) on the archaeological dig of her former lover David Navan (Hans Gudegast) in Israel, but jubilation over a find turns into sorrow for everyone.

EP21  Strategy of Terror
Feb. 15,1968
Strategy of Terror

A calculating position.

EP20  Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered Again
Feb. 08,1968
Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered Again

As a favor to her father Paul searches the hippie enclaves of San Francisco and Los Angeles for Sara Prentice (Barbara Hershey), who writes erotic poems and charms all men.

EP19  The Killing Scene
Feb. 01,1968
The Killing Scene

With just hours left Paul, who prosecuted the case six years earlier, tries to save Lou Patterson (Tom Skerritt) from the gas chamber.

EP18  The Rape of Lucrece
Jan. 17,1968
The Rape of Lucrece

Failing, possibly scheming, author Lucrece Lawrence (Julie Harris) accuses Paul of attempted rape when her mind misconstrues an unromantic dinner with him.

EP17  One Bad Turn
Jan. 10,1968
One Bad Turn

A casual remark to Deputy Sheriff Potter (Warren Oates) in a small American town leads Paul facing a certain 15-year prison sentence.

EP16  A Dangerous Proposal
Jan. 03,1968
A Dangerous Proposal

Paul is asked to purchase a rare car for industrialist Sir Harry Hiller (Albert Dekker), but the real objective is something quite different.

EP15  Fly by Night
Dec. 22,1967
Fly by Night

Paul acts as a catalyst to expose the killers responsible for the murder his friend Garrett Hamilton (Jason Evers) is suspected of.

EP14  It Could Only Happen in Rome
Dec. 15,1967
It Could Only Happen in Rome

Trying to find his way past the ever-changing smoke screen she creates. Paul becomes enchanted by Tia (Tisha Sterling), a girl he meets singing in a café on his Christmas sojourn in Rome.

EP13  The Mustafa Embrace
Dec. 01,1967
The Mustafa Embrace

Lucia Van Vorst (Katherine Crawford) believes she should keep a valuable wedding present from her Moroccan husband Jamal Mustafa (Stanley Waxman) when he discards her, and Paul's initial assistance as a courier turns into full-blown cat burglary when he obtains it for her to get revenge on Ahmed Mustafa (Edmund Hashim).

EP12  Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)
Nov. 27,1967
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)

As Frank Frazer (James Farentino) schemes to recover the money he stole from a bank, other survivors of the crash caused by Paul's car deal with insurance matters and their futures.

EP11  Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)
Nov. 20,1967
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)

A horrific crash killing four people occurs when Paul's car stalls on a highway.

EP10  Tell It Like It Is
Nov. 13,1967
Tell It Like It Is

Against Paul's advice, distinguished jurist Taliaferro Wilson (Franchot Tone) goes on the sensationalist talk show of scandal-monger host Jerry Haines (James Daly) with horrendous consequences for both men.

EP9  The Naked Half Truth
Nov. 06,1967
The Naked Half Truth

Multi-millionaire Andrew Dawson (Edward Andrews) asks Paul to track down a possibly long-lost daughter in Andorra, and with the help of Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas), he extracts her from two rival smuggling families there.

EP8  Down with Willy Hatch
Oct. 30,1967
Down with Willy Hatch

Paul goes to the aid of an old friend who's been arrested on a trumped-up morals charge, but finds that's only where the problems of Willy Hatch (Don Rickles) begin.

EP7  At the End of the Rainbow There's Another Rainbow
Oct. 25,1967
At the End of the Rainbow There's Another Rainbow

When Alex Ryder (Bruce Dern) availed of the opportunity to fake his death and collect substantial insurance money, his wife Molly (Anne Helm) turns to Paul for help.

EP6  The Company of Scoundrels
Oct. 18,1967
The Company of Scoundrels

Paul investigates the death of his friend who headed a committee for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw gambling.

EP5  Trip to the Far Side
Oct. 11,1967
Trip to the Far Side

A casual relationship with Paul is taken too seriously by Valerie Phillips (Marianna Hill) and her industrialist father Cal Phillips (Ralph Bellamy) when the couple join a safari after two weeks together in Rome.

EP4  The Frozen Image
Oct. 04,1967
The Frozen Image

Middle-aged entertainer Jamey Burke (Mel Torme) feels a Peter Pan image is necessary for success, and when he fires his manager and picks Paul at random to replace him, a significant catalyst is introduced into his life.

EP3  Three Passengers for the Lusitania
Sep. 27,1967
Three Passengers for the Lusitania

In Acapulco Paul meets a dare devil who seems to think he has nothing to lose when risking his life.

EP2  The Inhuman Predicament
Sep. 20,1967
The Inhuman Predicament

Paul is romancing a princess on the lavish yacht of his friend Rachel Pike (Vera Miles) when pal Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) inveigles him into arranging an introduction to the financier, but Rachel is too much of a match for the gigolo.

EP1  Who's Che Guevara?
Sep. 13,1967
Who's Che Guevara?

Paul's seaplane is hijacked and flown to Cuba, supposedly to bring out an enemy of the regime, but virtually everything told to him is untrue.

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Released: 1965-09-13 | Released Producted By: Universal Television , Roncom Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.

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Ben Gazzara

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Roy Huggins

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Reviews

ellenirishellen-62962 Watched this on COZItv,however,it isn't airing now.Thought it was a good show and Ben Gazzara was a great actor.Seemed to be like Route 66,except the main character was dying.Hope it airs again soon,even if it was on at 11 p.m.Hoping to catch the episode "Never Pick Up A Stranger".Can understand,after watching this show myself,why my parents were so gung-ho about it.Seemed to have more to say than some Western shows,or nonsense about "Kookie" and characters like him who were just pretty boys being awarded shows to strut and preen.Think it's time to remake this series,maybe make it into a full length film,preferably written by a talented screenwriter,not what passes for a film writer today.
Terry L. Moses It's obvious to me that early TV shows & movies formed much of who I am today. This TV series is one example. It taught me that each day on this earth is precious. The people you meet, the experiences you live through, the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of life. All should be consumed with passion. The good, AND the bad. As if you only had one or two years left of your life. For after all, we don't know how much time we have. But what ever length that is, it should not be wasted.The theme of this series is provocative. And, always kept me anxious for next weeks show. The acting and production value is exceptional. I especially liked the recurring dreams (night mares really), or flashbacks that Ben Gazzarra's character would wake from, where he was being chased by Father Time (or was it he that was doing the chasing). I found these scenes to be very symbolic.I do hope that this series becomes available on DVD soon. If you liked "The Fugitive" television series, you'll probably also like "Run For Your Life".
animal_8_5 This was a very clever concept. A lawyer, Paul Bryan, has been diagnosed with an incurable disease and has been told he has just two to three years to live. The idea put this lead character in the position of living life to the fullest and the most responsible. There is a message in that for all of us somewhere, isn't there?While somewhat morbid straight off the top, the concept made for interesting viewing from my perspective. Ben Gazzara played the main character and each week he would resolve other people's problems, but at the end of the show he would still be facing the anguish of a limited time on this earth. One of an unnamed genre of shows like "The Fugitive" and "The Incredible Hulk", "Run for Your Life" was set in locales all over the world, but probably filmed on studio back-lots, renovated to look like the French Riviera, Hawaii and Rio. The idea was that Bryan was seeing the world with what little time and resources he had left. Each episode he would engage in new relationships, involving himself in new circumstances, resulting in high action and adventure.This wasn't a great show, but was certainly a product of its time. Always reminded us of our own mortality, which all of us need occasional reminders of in life.
occupant-1 At one time, TV shows occasionally had an interesting premise. This one's a variant on the question of what you'd do if you had the means and perhaps the time. Time, though, this character doesn't have, and the threat of death is probably what gives the series its focus and urgency. "To cram thirty years of living into one or two" is the voiced-over premise at the start of an episode; we would all do well to remember it at the start of a day, and live as though it's the last one, not recklessly but deliberately.