Runaway Train

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December 06, 1985

Theatrical Release Date:

12/06/1985

DVD Release Date:

03/31/1998

Run Time:

110min.

Starring:

Jon Voight , Eric Roberts , Rebecca De Mornay , Kyle Heffner , John Ryan

Director(s):

Andrei Konchalovsky

Distributor(s):

MGM/UA

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Action,Drama

Plot: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. Read More

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