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Run for Your Life

1965 – 1968Show3 seasons86 episodes

Drama
73
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.6
73
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.6

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood

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Run for Your Life episodes

3 seasons · 86 episodes

  1. S1 E1 The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan, 6.8
  2. S1 E2 The Girl Next Door Is a Spy, 6.4
  3. S1 E3 Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful, 7.2
  4. S1 E4 Never Pick Up a Stranger, 7.6
  5. S1 E5 How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit, 7.5
  6. S1 E6 Our Man in Limbo, 7.0
  7. S1 E7 Where Mystery Begins, 7.3
  8. S1 E8 The Savage Season, 7.1
  9. S1 E9 This Town for Sale, 6.6
  10. S1 E10 A Girl Named Sorrow, 7.2
  11. S1 E11 The Voice of Gina Milan, 6.7
  12. S1 E12 The Time of the Sharks, 6.9
  13. S1 E13 Make the Angels Weep, 7.6
  14. S1 E14 Journey into Yesterday, 6.4
  15. S1 E15 Strangers at the Door, 6.4
  16. S1 E16 Carnival Ends at Midnight, 7.2
  17. S1 E17 The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde, 6.7
  18. S1 E18 The Night of the Terror, 7.3
  19. S1 E19 Keep My Share of the World, 6.9
  20. S1 E20 In Search of April, 7.5
  21. S1 E21 Hoodlums on Wheels, 6.4
  22. S1 E22 Who's Watching the Fleshpot?, 7.1
  23. S1 E23 Sequestro!: Part 1, 5.6
  24. S1 E24 Sequestro!: Part 2, 6.8
  25. S1 E25 Don't Count on Tomorrow, 5.6
  26. S1 E26 The Cruel Fountain, 6.3
  27. S1 E27 Night Train from Chicago, 7.2
  28. S1 E28 The Last Safari, 6.7
  29. S1 E29 The Savage Machines, 7.0
  30. S1 E30 The Sadness of a Happy Time, 7.9
  1. S2 E1 The Day Time Stopped, 7.8
  2. S2 E2 I Am the Late Diana Hays, 7.3
  3. S2 E3 The Borders of Barbarism, 6.7
  4. S2 E4 The Committee for the 25th, 5.7
  5. S2 E5 The Dark Beyond the Door, 7.3
  6. S2 E6 The Sex Object, 7.2
  7. S2 E7 Edge of the Volcano, 5.6
  8. S2 E8 The Grotenberg Mask, 6.9
  9. S2 E9 The Treasure Seekers, 7.3
  10. S2 E10 The Man Who Had No Enemies, 6.9
  11. S2 E11 A Game of Violence, 7.7
  12. S2 E12 Hang Down Your Head and Laugh, 7.7
  13. S2 E13 Tears from a Glass Eye, 6.1
  14. S2 E14 Time and a Half on Christmas Eve, 7.8
  15. S2 E15 The Shock of Recognition, 6.6
  16. S2 E16 Flight from Tirana: Part 1, 5.7
  17. S2 E17 A Rage for Justice: Part 2, 5.9
  18. S2 E18 The List of Alice McKenna, 7.4
  19. S2 E19 The Face of the Antagonist, 7.0
  20. S2 E20 Baby, the World's on Fire, 6.8
  21. S2 E21 Rendezvous in Tokyo, 6.4
  22. S2 E22 The Calculus of Chaos, 5.9
  23. S2 E23 The Assassin, 6.9
  24. S2 E24 The Carpella Collection, 7.3
  25. S2 E25 A Very Small Injustice, 6.9
  26. S2 E26 East of the Equator, 6.7
  27. S2 E27 A Choice of Evils, 6.5
  28. S2 E28 Tell It to the Dead, 6.6
  29. S2 E29 Better World Next Time, 6.4
  30. S2 E30 The Word Would Be Goodbye, 6.8
  1. S3 E1 Who's Che Guevara?, 6.3
  2. S3 E2 The Inhuman Predicament, 6.0
  3. S3 E3 Three Passengers for the Lusitania, 6.7
  4. S3 E4 The Frozen Image, 7.2
  5. S3 E5 Trip to the Far Side, 6.8
  6. S3 E6 The Company of Scoundrels, 6.7
  7. S3 E7 At the End of the Rainbow There's Another Rainbow, 7.1
  8. S3 E8 Down with Willy Hatch, 7.9
  9. S3 E9 The Naked Half-Truth, 6.1
  10. S3 E10 Tell It Like It Is, 7.0
  11. S3 E11 Cry Hard, Cry Fast: Part 1, 5.5
  12. S3 E13 The Mustafa Embrace, 6.6
  13. S3 E14 It Could Only Happen in Rome, 5.5
  14. S3 E15 Fly by Night, 7.2
  15. S3 E16 A Dangerous Proposal, 6.6
  16. S3 E17 One Bad Turn, 7.7
  17. S3 E18 The Rape of Lucrece, 6.4
  18. S3 E19 The Killing Scene, 7.4
  19. S3 E20 Saro-Jane, You Never Whispered Again, 7.0
  20. S3 E21 The Dead on Furlough, 6.5
  21. S3 E22 Beware My Love, 5.9
  22. S3 E23 Carol, 6.8
  23. S3 E24 Life Among the Meat-Eaters, 6.6
  24. S3 E25 The Exchange, 7.1

Cast

24 of 297 · most episodes first

Crew

Directors
Richard Benedict, Nicholas Colasanto, Michael Ritchie
Written by
Robert Bloch, Philip DeGuere Jr., Howard Browne
Produced by
Jo Swerling Jr., Gordon Hessler

Everyone

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Facts

September 13, 1965 · March 27, 1968 · Ended

First aired
September 13, 1965
Last aired
March 27, 1968
Status
Ended
Length
3 seasons · 86 episodes
Content
Violence
Genres
Drama
Original language
English

Q&A

4 questions, like "Is Run for Your Life worth watching?"

Questions about Run for Your Life

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Is Run for Your Life worth watching?

73
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73 (IMDb 7.6).

Is Run for Your Life okay for kids?

Violence

Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.

How long does it take to watch Run for Your Life?

86 h

About 86 hours: 86 episodes in 3 seasons of about 60 minutes each, aired from 1965 to 1968.

Will I feel good after watching Run for Your Life?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.