The Running Man (1987)

Film details

Featuring

Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Conchita Alonso Yaphet Kotto
Country

USA
Year

1987
Genres

Crime Science Fiction Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Set in 2017, when the world is controlled by a police state, helicopter pilot Richards is imprisoned for refusing to kill unarmed people and is later placed in a human gladiator hunting game - as the victim.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Ben Richards
    
    Arnold Schwarzenegger
  - Amber Mendez
    
    Maria Conchita Alonso
  - Laughlin
    
    Yaphet Kotto
  - Fireball
    
    Jim Brown
  - Captain Freedom
    
    Jesse Ventura
  - Dynamo
    
    Erland Van Lidth
  - Weiss
    
    Marvin J. Mcintyre
  - Buzzsaw
    
    Gus Rethwisch
  - professor Subzero
    
    Toru Tanaka
  - Mic
    
    Mick Fleetwood
  - Stevie
    
    Dweezil Zappa
  - Damon Killian
    
    Richard Dawson
  - Brenda
    
    Karen Leigh Hopkins
  - Sven
    
    Sven-Ole Thorsen
  - Lenny
    
    Edward Bunker
  - Med Tech
    
    Bryan Kestner
  - Valdez
    
    Anthony Penya
  - Tony
    
    Kurt Fuller
  - agent
    
    Lerner, Kenneth
  - Amy
    
    Dey Young
  - Don Pardo
    
    Bumpass, Roger
  - Mrs. McArdle
    
    Dona Hardy
  - Edith Wiggins
    
    Lynne Stewart
  - Leon
    
    Bill Margolin
  - narrator
    
    Joe Leahy
  - 1st soldier
    
    Anthony Brubaker
  - 2nd soldier
    
    Joel Kramer
  - 3rd soldier
    
    Billy D. Lucas
  - lieutenant Saunders
    
    George P. Wilbur
  - Chico
    
    Tom Rosales Jr
  - Suzie Checkpoint
    
    Sandra Holt
  - 1st barrio foreman
    
    Daniel Celario
  - 2nd barrio foreman
    
    Mario Celario
  - custodian
    
    Sidney Chankin
  - newscaster
    
    Kim Pawlik
  - travel pass guard
    
    Roger Kern
  - elderly lady
    
    Barbara Lux
  - 2nd 911 security officer
    
    Franco Columbu
  - propaganda officer
    
    Lin Shaye
  - yuppie yeller
    
    Boyd Kestner
  - 1st 911 security officer
    
    Wayne Grace
  - teenage punk
    
    Charlie Phillips
  - manager locker room
    
    Greg Lewis
  - barrio bettor
    
    John William James
  - underground tech
    
    Jon Cutler
  - dancer
    
    Kerry Brennan
  - dancer
    
    Paula Brown
  - dancer
    
    Megan Gallivan
  - dancer
    
    Suzie Hardy
  - dancer
    
    Debby Harris
  - dancer
    
    Melissa Hurley
  - dancer
    
    Marlene Lange
  - dancer
    
    Morgan Lawley
  - dancer
    
    Cindy Millican
  - dancer
    
    Andrew Moen
  - dancer
    
    Mary Ann Oedy
  - dancer
    
    Karen Owens
  - dancer
    
    Sharon Owens
  - dancer
    
    Pamela Rossi
  - dancer
    
    Mia Togo
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Paul Michael Glaser
  - Production Company
    
    Taft Entertainment Pictures
  - Production Company
    
    Keith Barish Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Keith Barish
  - Executive Producer
    
    Rob Cohen
  - Producer
    
    Tim Zinnemann
  - Producer
    
    George Linder
  - Production Associate
    
    Mary Clare Thomas
  - Unit Production Manager
    
    Gary Daigler
  - Production office co-ordinator
    
    Merle Jackson
  - Theatrical lighting co-ordinator
    
    Adrian Selby
  - Production accountant
    
    Margaret A. Mitchell
  - Assistant production accountant
    
    Mike Revell
  - Location Manager
    
    Gregory Lazzaro
  - Location Manager
    
    Ken Rosen
  - Assistant to Mr. Barish
    
    Dawn LeDuke Calcaterra
  - Assistant to Mr. Glaser
    
    David G. Kantar
  - Assistant to Mr. Linder
    
    Joanie D. Jones
  - Assistant to Mr. Schwarzenegger
    
    Lynn Marks
  - Assistant to Mr. Schwarzenegger
    
    Ronda Columb
  - Production assistant
    
    Ariel Bello
  - Production assistant
    
    Vatis, James
  - Production secretary
    
    Alison Howard-Smith
  - Cine Guarantor representative
    
    Pattee Roedig
  - 2nd Unit Director
    
    Bennie Dobbins
  - 1st assistant director
    
    Richard Schroer
  - 2nd assistant director
    
    Barry Thomas
  - DGA trainee
    
    Brian Fong
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Luca Kouimelis
  - Casting
    
    Jackie Burch
  - Extras casting
    
    The Atmosphere Agency
  - Extras casting
    
    Lansing Parker
  - Extras casting
    
    Jeff Howell
  - Casting assistant
    
    Damota, William O.
  - Screenplay
    
    Steven E. De Souza
  - Original novel
    
    Bachman, Richard
  - Director of Photography
    
    Thomas Del Ruth
  - Additional Photography
    
    Reynaldo Villalobos
  - Theatrical lighting design
    
    Marc Brickman
  - Camera Operator
    
    Kenneth Zunder
  - Camera Operator
    
    Jamie Anderson
  - 1st assistant cameraman
    
    Ron High
  - 1st assistant cameraman
    
    William B. Clevenger Jr
  - 2nd assistant cameraman
    
    Doug Beal
  - 2nd assistant cameraman
    
    Walter B. Fraser
  - Gaffer
    
    Gary B. Tandrow
  - Rigging gaffer
    
    Kevin J. Lang
  - Electric best boy
    
    Steve Mcgee
  - Lamp operator
    
    James M. Cox
  - Lamp operator
    
    Michael J. Bailey
  - Lamp operator
    
    George Dunagan
  - Lamp operator
    
    James J. Keys
  - Theatrical lighting electrician
    
    Steve Gilbard
  - Theatrical lighting electrician
    
    Dave Freeman
  - Theatrical lighting electrician
    
    A.P. Lawrence
  - Theatrical lighting electrician
    
    Campbell Hair
  - Theatrical lighting electrician
    
    Michael Hirsch
  - Theatrical lighting rigging
    
    Branam Brothers
  - Key grip
    
    Gary Dodd
  - Best boy grip
    
    Turpin, Dave "Maddog"
  - Dolly grip
    
    Jan S. Koshay
  - Construction grip
    
    Kenneth Borland
  - Video effects supervisor
    
    Grasmere Jr, Robert H.
  - Video effects crew
    
    Timothy Bowen
  - Video effects crew
    
    Remi Aubuchon
  - Main titles/video and graphic displays
    
    Video Image
  - Main titles/video and graphic displays
    
    Rhonda Gunner
  - Main titles/video and graphic displays
    
    Richard Hollander
  - Main titles/video and graphic displays
    
    Gregory L. McMurry
  - Main titles/video and graphic displays
    
    John Wash
  - Video image crew
    
    Monte Swann
  - Video image crew
    
    Peter Martinez
  - Video image crew
    
    John Desjardin
  - Still photographer
    
    David Friedman
  - Supervisor of special visual effects
    
    Gary Gutierrez
  - Special visual effects
    
    USFX
  - Special visual effects
    
    Colossal Pictures
  - Photography (sp vis eff)
    
    Rick Fichter
  - Prod supervisor (sp vis eff)
    
    Christine Whitney
  - Prod co-ordinator (sp vis eff)
    
    Dana Miller Schornstein
  - Prod manager (sp vis eff)
    
    Whitney Green
  - Gaffer (sp vis eff)
    
    Michael Maley
  - Key grip (sp vis eff)
    
    Bill Maley
  - Model department supervisor (sp vis eff)
    
    Scott Marshall
  - Model maker (sp vis eff)
    
    Louis Eaquinta
  - Model maker (sp vis eff)
    
    Mark Rappaport
  - Model maker (sp vis eff)
    
    Mitchell Romanauski
  - Model maker (sp vis eff)
    
    Steve Sanders
  - Special engineering (sp vis eff)
    
    Michael Steffe
  - Pyrotechnician (sp vis eff)
    
    Peter Stoltz
  - Special effects rigger (sp vis eff)
    
    John McLeod
  - Special effects rigger (sp vis eff)
    
    Chuck Ray
  - Facilities co-ordinator (sp vis eff)
    
    Charleigh Swanson
  - Additional stage crew (sp vis eff)
    
    Hugh Byrne
  - Additional stage crew (sp vis eff)
    
    Steve Gardner
  - Camera assistant (sp vis eff)
    
    John Gazdik
  - Editorial assistant (sp vis eff)
    
    Michael K. Russell
  - Technical assistant (sp vis eff)
    
    Mark Billingsley
  - Technical assistant (sp vis eff)
    
    Evan Davis
  - Storyboard artist (sp vis eff)
    
    Harrison Fong
  - Assistant to Mr. Gutierrez (sp vis eff)
    
    Sally Syberg
  - Matte shots
    
    Syd Dutton
  - Matte shots
    
    Bill Taylor
  - Matte photography
    
    Illusion Arts
  - Special effects co-ordinator
    
    Larry Cavanaugh
  - Special effects supervisor
    
    Bruce Steinheimer
  - Special Effects
    
    Michael N. Arbogast
  - Special Effects
    
    Kenneth Clark
  - Special Effects
    
    Manuel Stuart Epstein
  - Special Effects
    
    William Lee
  - Special Effects
    
    Kevin Quibell
  - Special Effects
    
    Dick Woods
  - Rocket effects co-ordinator
    
    Jerry Irvine
  - Rocket effects co-ordinator
    
    U.S. Rockets
  - Rocket analysis
    
    Charles E. Rogers
  - Rocket propulsion specialist
    
    Tom Johnson
  - Special animated effects
    
    Chris Casady
  - Control panel props
    
    Fairlight Digital Video Effects
  - Editor
    
    Mark Warner
  - Editor
    
    Edward A. Warschilka
  - Editor
    
    John Wright
  - 1st assistant editor
    
    Steve Ramirez
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Vaune Kirby
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Destiny Borden
  - Assistant Editor
    
    John Alan Amicarella
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Yoko Seto
  - Assistant Editor
    
    David Jansen
  - Production Designer
    
    Jack T. Collis
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Gene Nollmann
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Joseph E. Hubbard
  - Set Designer
    
    Nancy Patton
  - Set Designer
    
    Nick Navarro
  - Set Designer
    
    Richard Berger
  - Set Decorator
    
    Jim Duffy
  - Leadman
    
    Eric Hulett
  - Decorator gang boss
    
    Larry Clark
  - Swing gang
    
    Hal Walker
  - Storyboard illustrator
    
    Cranham, Thomas
  - Storyboard illustrator
    
    Petko Kadiev
  - Property master
    
    Michael Ross
  - Assistant prop master
    
    Mike Cunningham
  - Assistant prop master
    
    Joseph R. Olsen
  - Construction co-ordinator
    
    Dennis Dewaay
  - General foreman
    
    Steven Fegley
  - Head plasterer
    
    Ray Lopez
  - Prop shop/mechanical effects
    
    Willard Livingston
  - Prop shop/mechanical effects
    
    Isidoro Raponi
  - Head labourer
    
    Ed Piwowarski
  - Paint foreman
    
    Robert L. Clark
  - Supervising sign writer
    
    Dave Margolin
  - Costume Designer
    
    Robert Blackman
  - Costume department supervisor
    
    Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
  - Men's key costumer
    
    Michael J. Long
  - Men's costumer
    
    Dan Bronson
  - Men's costumer
    
    Frank Perry Rose
  - Men's costumer
    
    Buck Skelton
  - Women's costumer
    
    Betty Jean Slater
  - Seamstress
    
    Margaret Rezaie
  - Costume department assistant
    
    David Page
  - Dynamo's costume engineering
    
    Henry Baghdassarian
  - Dynamo's costume engineering
    
    Propmasters
  - Key makeup artist
    
    Dawn, Jefferson
  - Makeup artist
    
    Jim McCoy
  - Makeup artist
    
    Steve Laporte
  - Makeup artist
    
    Richard Snell
  - Special makeup effects
    
    The Burman Studio
  - Key hairstylist
    
    Peter Tothpal
  - Hairstylist
    
    Frankie Bergman
  - Hairstylist
    
    Bunny Parker
  - Titles and opticals
    
    Pacific Title
  - Music
    
    Harold Faltermeyer
  - Music Editor
    
    Robert Badami
  - Assistant music editor
    
    Bill Bernstein
  - Music scoring mixer
    
    Brian Reeves
  - Choreography
    
    Paula Abdul
  - Assistant to the choreographer
    
    Carlton Jones
  - Production sound mixer
    
    Richard Goodman
  - Recordist
    
    James Cavarretta Jr
  - Recordist
    
    Jack Keller
  - Sound boom
    
    Carl Fischer
  - Sound boom
    
    John S. Coffey
  - Playback operator
    
    Diana Wooten Goodman
  - Sound processed
    
    Alan Howarth
  - Sound processed
    
    Mel Neiman
  - Re-recording mixer
    
    Don Mitchell
  - Re-recording mixer
    
    Rick Kline
  - Re-recording mixer
    
    Kevin O'Connell
  - Dolby engineer
    
    Claus Wiedemann
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Richard C. Franklin Jr
  - Co-supervising sound editor
    
    Paul Carden
  - Sound Editor
    
    Paul Bruce Richardson
  - Sound Editor
    
    David Kern
  - Sound Editor
    
    Larry Carow
  - Sound Editor
    
    Chuck Neely
  - Sound Editor
    
    Louis L. Edemann
  - Sound Editor
    
    Mike Dobie
  - Assistant sound editor
    
    Stephanie D. Singer
  - Assistant sound editor
    
    Spike Allison Hooper
  - Apprentice sound editor
    
    Bob O'Brien
  - Supervising ADR editor
    
    Larry Singer
  - Supervising ADR editor
    
    Alan L. Nineberg
  - ADR Editor
    
    Bobbe P. Kurtz
  - ADR Editor
    
    Andrew Torres
  - Assistant ADR editor
    
    Bob Rodgers
  - Assistant ADR editor
    
    Bill Wilner
  - Assistant ADR editor
    
    David Degeus
  - ADR mixer
    
    Charleen Richards
  - ADR mixer
    
    Timothy Hoggatt
  - ADR recordist
    
    Thomas J. O'Connell
  - Foley
    
    Gary Hecker
  - Foley
    
    Alicia Stevenson
  - Foley mixer
    
    Dean Drabin
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Bennie Dobbins
  - Stunts
    
    Joel Kramer
  - Stunts
    
    Mel Scott Thomas
  - Stunts
    
    Jeff Jensen
  - Stunts
    
    Anthony Brubaker
  - Stunts
    
    Shawn P. Lane
  - Stunts
    
    Karen Price
  - Stunts
    
    Al Cleland
  - Stunts
    
    Cord, Eric
  - Publicity co-ordinator
    
    Andrew Lipschultz
  - Transportation co-ordinator
    
    Kenny Searle
  - Transportation captain
    
    Tim Roslan
  - Transportation mechanic
    
    Bob Johnson
  - Caterers
    
    For Stars Catering
  - Caterer
    
    Sienkaniec, Ed "Bubba"
  - Caterer
    
    Jim Canepa
  - Caterer
    
    Bryan Dirickson
  - Craft services
    
    Donald W. Speakman
  - Craft services
    
    Joe Pancake
  - First aid
    
    George G. Miller
  - First aid
    
    Pamela C. Trzaska
  - Color timer
    
    Bob Noland
  - Negative cutter
    
    Donah Bassett