Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

ENDED3 Seasons86 Episodes7.1
NetworkNBC
First AiredSep 13, 1965
Last AiredMar 27, 1968
GenreDrama
Runtime60 min
Created ByRoy Huggins

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.

Cast

Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara
Paul Bryan

Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 86 episodes

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Who's Che Guevara?
E1Who's Che Guevara?
Sep 13, 196760m
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.
The Inhuman Predicament
E2The Inhuman Predicament
Sep 20, 196760m
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.
Three Passengers for the Lusitania
E3Three Passengers for the Lusitania
Sep 27, 196760m
In Acapulco Paul meets a dare devil who seems to think he has nothing to lose when risking his life.
The Frozen Image
E4The Frozen Image
Oct 4, 196760m
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.
Trip to the Far Side
E5Trip to the Far Side
Oct 11, 196760m
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.
The Company of Scoundrels
E6The Company of Scoundrels
Oct 18, 196760m
Paul investigates the death of his friend who headed a committee for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw gambling.
At the End of the Rainbow There's Another Rainbow
E7At the End of the Rainbow There's Another Rainbow
Oct 25, 196760m
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.
Down with Willy Hatch
E8Down with Willy Hatch
Oct 30, 196760m
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.
The Naked Half Truth
E9The Naked Half Truth
Nov 6, 196760m
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.
Tell It Like It Is
E10Tell It Like It Is
Nov 13, 196760m
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.
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)
E11Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)
Nov 20, 196760m
A horrific crash killing four people occurs when Paul's car stalls on a highway.
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)
E12Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)
Nov 27, 196760m
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.
The Mustafa Embrace
E13The Mustafa Embrace
Dec 1, 196760m
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).
It Could Only Happen in Rome
E14It Could Only Happen in Rome
Dec 15, 196760m
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.
Fly by Night
E15Fly by Night
Dec 22, 196760m
Paul acts as a catalyst to expose the killers responsible for the murder his friend Garrett Hamilton (Jason Evers) is suspected of.
A Dangerous Proposal
E16A Dangerous Proposal
Jan 3, 196860m
Paul is asked to purchase a rare car for industrialist Sir Harry Hiller (Albert Dekker), but the real objective is something quite different.
One Bad Turn
E17One Bad Turn
Jan 10, 196860m
A casual remark to Deputy Sheriff Potter (Warren Oates) in a small American town leads Paul facing a certain 15-year prison sentence.
The Rape of Lucrece
E18The Rape of Lucrece
Jan 17, 196860m
Failing, possibly scheming, author Lucrece Lawrence (Julie Harris) accuses Paul of attempted rape when her mind misconstrues an unromantic dinner with him.
The Killing Scene
E19The Killing Scene
Feb 1, 196860m
With just hours left Paul, who prosecuted the case six years earlier, tries to save Lou Patterson (Tom Skerritt) from the gas chamber.
Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered Again
E20Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered Again
Feb 8, 196860m
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.
Strategy of Terror
E21Strategy of Terror
Feb 15, 196860m
A calculating position.
The Dead on Furlough
E22The Dead on Furlough
Feb 22, 196860m
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.
Beware My Love
E23Beware My Love
Mar 2, 196860m
Paul helps Barbara Sherwood (Susan Trustman) investigate what she believes to be the suspicious drowning of her sister in Italy.
Carol
E24Carol
Mar 9, 196860m
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.
Life Among the Meat Eaters
E25Life Among the Meat Eaters
Mar 16, 196860m
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).
The Exchange
E26The Exchange
Mar 27, 196860m
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.

About Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life is a drama series on NBC. The show first aired on Sep 13, 1965 and currently has 3 seasons and 86 episodes. Run for Your Life has ended after 3 seasons. It has a rating of 7.1/10 based on 7 votes. The cast includes Ben Gazzara. Created by Roy Huggins.

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