Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.
Director:
Andrey Konchalovskiy (as Andrei Konchalovsky)
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Cast
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| Jon Voight | ... | Manny | |
| Eric Roberts | ... | Buck | |
| Rebecca De Mornay | ... | Sara | |
| Kyle T. Heffner | ... | Frank Barstow | |
| John P. Ryan | ... | Ranken | |
| T.K. Carter | ... | Dave Prince | |
| Kenneth McMillan | ... | Eddie MacDonald | |
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Stacey Pickren | ... | Ruby |
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Walter Wyatt | ... | Conlan |
| Edward Bunker | ... | Jonah | |
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Reid Cruickshanks | ... | Al Turner (as Reid Cruikshanks) |
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Dan Wray | ... | Fat Con |
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Michael Lee Gogin | ... | Short Con |
| John Bloom | ... | Tall Con | |
| Hank Worden | ... | Old Con (as Norton E. 'Hank' Warden) | |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 January 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$7,683,620Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,683,620Company Credits
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Runtime:
Sound Mix:
Dolby StereoColor:
Color (Rankcolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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by Antonio Vivaldi (as Vivaldi)
Performed by The USSR Academic Russian Chorus and the Moscow Conservatoire Students Orchestra
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Trivia
The only film that year nominated for Best Motion Picture Drama at the Golden Globes, and not Best Picture at the Academy Awards. See more »Goofs
Prior to the train crashing through the wall, we see a head-on view from the locomotive. Looking over to the right, you'll see a group of people (possibly the crew and cameraman) amassed by the wall, waiting to see this destructive stunt occur. See more »Alternate Versions
While the US and DVD version is missing the shot of the cop being pulled under the wheels of the train, it is included on the uncut Australian region 4 DVD from MGM and the UK DVD from Arrow Films See more »Soundtracks
Gloria in D Majorby Antonio Vivaldi (as Vivaldi)
Performed by The USSR Academic Russian Chorus and the Moscow Conservatoire Students Orchestra
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RUNAWAY TRAIN is one of only a few films which are so great that you'll like the people involved in it for the rest of their career regardless in which movies they appear in the future. Walter Hill's underrated STREETS OF FIRE did this to Willem Dafoe, Diane Lane and even Michael Pare while RUNAWAY TRAIN did the same to John Voight, Rebecca DeMornay and even Eric Roberts.
I find it interesting that a film written by a Japanese (Akira Kurosawa!) and directed by a Russian (Andrej Konchalowsky) which features American actors can be such a coherent masterpiece. Although the story is very simple there are deeper layers of meaning which have a lot to say about the human condition and which are so universal that everyone can read the metaphors. Truly an existential action-film!
RUNAWAY TRAIN is not only one of my favorite action-movies of all times but one of the greatest films ever in my opinion. And the famous "gold"-monologue by Manny is just so true!