Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
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Run for Your Life

7.2 / 10
1965
3 seasons
86 episodes
Drama

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.

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  • The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan

    1.The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan

    13-09-196560m

    After a brief romance with Laura Beaumont (Katherine Ross, Paul is guest of her father Phil (Stephen McNally) at an exclusive ski resort where an avalanche provides the setting for...

  • The Girl Next Door Is a Spy

    2.The Girl Next Door Is a Spy

    20-09-196560m

    When Paul spots his childhood sweetheart on the street in Berlin, she seeks his support, but US agents appeal to Paul.s patriotism to find out her secret.

  • Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful

    3.Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful

    27-09-196560m

    In Mexico, Paul vies with charmer and con man Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) for the affections of the wealthy Jessica Braden (Tippi Hedren).

  • How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit

    4.How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit

    01-10-196560m

    When Paul makes a satirical toast behind the Iron Curtain, racing-car driver Janos Takacs (Eric Braeden) courteously joins in and finds himself in prison. Paul tries to make up for...

  • Never Pick Up a Stranger

    5.Never Pick Up a Stranger

    08-10-196560m

    When Paul makes a satirical toast behind the Iron Curtain, racing-car driver Janos Takacs (Eric Braeden) courteously joins in and finds himself in prison. Paul tries to make up for...

  • Our Man in Limbo

    6.Our Man in Limbo

    22-10-196560m

    When he meets American agent Mike Allen (Macdonald Carey) in Spain, Paul is asked to help determine whether a girl he knew in Berlin, Erica Voss (Janine Gray), is an enemy agent. W...

  • Where Mystery Begins

    7.Where Mystery Begins

    29-10-196560m

    Paul successfully defends Louise Brode (Dana Wynter) on a charge of murdering her husband when her regular lawyer, Martin Shawe (Keith Andes), is injured, but Paul suspects Shawe'...

  • The Savage Season

    8.The Savage Season

    08-11-196560m

    Judy Collins (Jill Haworth) transports money for mobsters, but when she calls on Paul's assistance after $200,000 disappears, casino owner Angie Zeno (Harold J. Stone) goes after h...

  • This Town for Sale

    9.This Town for Sale

    15-11-196560m

    If tried in the town where the victim's father is the leading employer, Paul seems certain to face a long prison sentence after the young man is found dead following a small alterc...

  • A Girl Named Sorrow

    10.A Girl Named Sorrow

    22-11-196560m

    On their sail-planing vacation Paul remains in the dark about the actions of secret Israeli agent Lisa Sorrow (Ina Balin) as she tracks down a Nazi war criminal In the Arizona des...

  • The Voice of Gina Milan

    11.The Voice of Gina Milan

    29-11-196560m

    Opera singer Gina Milan (Susan Strasberg) declares there can be no romantic commitment in her life, but allows for one moment of love with Paul.

  • The Time of the Sharks

    12.The Time of the Sharks

    06-12-196560m

    Paul's shark fishing expedition with Hardie Rankin (Howard Keel) and his wife Elizabeth (Dolores Dorn-Helt) is suddenly turned into a test of courage when they meet a party of youn...

  • Make the Angels Weep

    13.Make the Angels Weep

    13-12-196560m

    An old friend of Paul's is on the run, suspected of murdering his lover's husband, and Paul returns to his home town to investigate the case.

  • Journey into Yesterday

    14.Journey into Yesterday

    27-12-196560m

    When searching for a friend missing in the New Guinea jungle Paul and his guide Carl Hague (James Forrest) are captured by the Bosavis tribe after accidentally shooting one of thei...

  • Strangers at the Door

    15.Strangers at the Door

    03-01-196660m

    Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Paul hops a freight and becomes companion of the enigmatic Brett (Robert Drivas) on a trek full of symbolism.

  • Carnival Ends at Midnight

    16.Carnival Ends at Midnight

    10-01-196660m

    Paul is in Rio de Janeiro trying to trick Larry Carter (Peter Lawford) into returning to the US to face trial when Molly Pierce (Anne Helm), daughter of his victim, makes an attemp...

  • The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde

    17.The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde

    24-01-196660m

    In Monte Carlo Paul has to come to the rescue of gigolo Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) when “sparrow” Charlotte Hyde (Gena Rowlands) doesn't turn out as he bargained.

  • The Night of the Terror

    18.The Night of the Terror

    31-01-196660m

    When Harry Blunt (Donnelly Rhodes) invites Paul and Jenny (Sharon Farrell) to his house, they find out how seriously disturbed he and his brother Christopher (Charles Aidman) real...

  • Keep My Share of the World

    19.Keep My Share of the World

    07-02-196660m

    A love triangle is revealed when Paul grabs the opportunity to make a world speed record for Greek magnate Alex Staphos (Rossano Brazzi), causing both men to disclose intimate secr...

  • In Search of April

    20.In Search of April

    14-02-196660m

    When April Martin (Carol Lynley) vanishes shortly after Paul meets her in New Orleans, he goes on a complex search that leads him to a surprising solution to the mystery of her dis...

  • Hoodlums on Wheels

    21.Hoodlums on Wheels

    21-02-196660m

    At a lake resort Paul's life is threatened when he is taken prisoner along with a mother and daughter by an outlaw bike gang responsible for a killing.

  • Who's Watching the Fleshpot?

    22.Who's Watching the Fleshpot?

    07-03-196660m

    Paul's college friend Mark Shepard (Bobby Darin) gets him to help out in his tourist business on the Riviera, and they become involved with smugglers when they earn a sports car fo...

  • Sequestro (1)

    23.Sequestro (1)

    14-03-196660m

    In Sicily brothers Enzo (Harry Guardino) and Tonio (Sal Mineo) kidnap Paul in order to finance Enzo's marriage to Marta (Marianna Hill).

  • Sequestro (2)

    24.Sequestro (2)

    21-03-196660m

    Paul has been kidnapped by brothers Enzo (Harry Guardino) and Tonio (Sal Mineo), and everyone's life starts to unravel when Enzo's fiancée Marta (Marianna Hill) goes into a Sicilia...

  • Don't Count on Tomorrow

    25.Don't Count on Tomorrow

    28-03-196660m

    Tortured and falsely imprisoned for espionage by the KGB, Paul's escape is aided by cellmate Gyula Bogner (Roddy McDowall) whose fixation on revenge for his father's death causes P...

  • The Cruel Fountain

    26.The Cruel Fountain

    04-04-196660m

    Paul's old friend Clara Mallory (Jan Sterling), whose hands are disabled, becomes interested in the treatment of Belle Frazer (Kathryn Hays) by Dr. Raphael (Murray Hamilton) a supp...

  • Night Train from Chicago

    27.Night Train from Chicago

    11-04-196660m

    Paul becomes involved with the mob when he meets Elizabeth (Louise Sorel) on a train, a woman in nun's garb, who suddenly disappears.

  • The Last Safari

    28.The Last Safari

    25-04-196660m

    Paul joins Mark Foster (Leslie Nielsen) on safari in Africa to help his daughter Julie (Lesley-Ann Warren), a patient of his own doctor, come to terms with her terminal diagnosis.

  • The Savage Machines

    29.The Savage Machines

    02-05-196660m

    Pete Gaffney (Jeremy Slate) and Paul form a racing partnership with Clive Darrell (Edward Mulhare), but his wife Rhona (Sally Ann Howes) is sabotaging the car.

  • The Sadness of a Happy Time

    30.The Sadness of a Happy Time

    16-05-196660m

    When Paul falls hopelessly in love with novelist Nicole Longet (Claudine Longet), he flees, but she interprets his action to mean that he is a spy colleague of Mike Allen (Stephen...

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