---
title: 'The Running Man (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carol Reed'
released: '1963-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-running-man-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057463/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Running Man (1963)

1963 · 103 min · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Running Man is a 1963 British-American neo-noir drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Laurence Harvey, Alan Bates and Lee Remick. It was adapted by screenwriter John Mortimer from the 1961 novel The Ballad of the Running Man by Shelley Smith.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carol Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-reed)
- **Producer:** [Carol Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-reed)
- **Screenplay:** [John Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mortimer), [Shelley Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker)
- **Editor:** [Bert Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-bates)

## Cast

- [Lee Remick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-remick)
- [Ramsay Ames](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramsay-ames)
- [Felix Aylmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-aylmer)
- [Noel Purcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-purcell)
- [Fernando Rey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-rey)
- [José Calvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-calvo)
- [Laurence Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-harvey)
- [Eleanor Summerfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-summerfield)
- [John Meillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meillon)
- [Eddie Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-byrne)
- [Allan Cuthbertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-cuthbertson)
- [Alan Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bates)
- [Harold Goldblatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-goldblatt)
- [Colin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-gordon)

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