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Runaway Train

Action thriller with Jon Voight about two escaped prisoners who hide aboard a train speeding through Alaska. When the driver dies of a heart attack, the train races out of control.

Philosophical action thriller, starring Jon Voight and Eric Roberts, about two escaped prisoners who hide on board a train speeding through Alaska.

The driver suffers a fatal heart attack, and the train races out of control through the icy wilderness. With the railroad signalmen unable to stop it and a vindictive prison warden desperately pursuing them by helicopter, the train's passengers look set to face disaster.

Based on a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa.

1 hour, 51 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Sep 201100:15
BBC One Scotland

Credits

Oscar 'Manny' ManheimJon Voight
Buck McGeehyEric Roberts
SaraRebecca De Mornay
Frank BarstowKyle T Heffner
Warden RankenJohn P Ryan
Dave PrinceT K Carter
Eddie MacDonaldKenneth McMillan
DirectorAndrei Konchalovsky
RubyStacey Pickren
JonahEdward Bunker
BoxerDaniel Trejo
WriterDjordje Milicevic
WriterPaul Zindel
WriterEdward Bunker
AuthorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerYoram Globus
ProducerMenahem Golan
ComposerTrevor Jones
Director of photographyAlan Hume

Broadcasts

  • Mon 5 May 200823:30
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Tue 6 May 200800:00
    BBC One Wales
  • Sat 28 Mar 200923:20
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Sat 28 Mar 200923:50
    BBC One Wales
  • Sun 29 Mar 200900:10
    BBC One Scotland
  • Fri 16 Apr 201023:55
    BBC One
  • Fri 2 Sep 201123:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Sat 3 Sep 201100:15
    BBC One Scotland