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Certificate 18

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Conchita Alonso Yaphet Kotto Richard Dawson Mick Fleetwood

Directors Paul Michael Glaser

Screenwriters Steven E de Souza Stephen King

Running Time 101 minutes

The Running Man
Arnie's beating the odds and beating the shit out of an array of comically-clad villains in this futuristic dystopia that could only have been made in the '80s.

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Plot
In the ear future convicted criminals are forced to take part as bait in a hideous TV manhunt. When Ben Richards refuses to fire on a crowd if starving citizens, he is picked to go on the show, and must survive such hunters as Captain Freedom and Fireball before teaming up with some revolutionaries and fighting back.

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