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Runaway

DirectorMichael Crichton

“IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.”

5.6 / 10 · 291 votes

PG-13

1984

1h 40m

Science FictionThrillerAction

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

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Cast

Tom Selleck

Jack R. Ramsay

Cynthia Rhodes

Officer Karen Thompson

Gene Simmons

Dr. Charles Luther

Kirstie Alley

Jackie Rogers

Stan Shaw

Marvin

G.W. Bailey

Chief

Joey Cramer

Bobby Ramsay

Chris Mulkey

David Johnson

Anne-Marie Martin

Hooker at Bar

Michael Paul Chan

Wilson

Elizabeth Norment

Miss Shields

Cec Verrell

Hooker

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