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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.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
The Cold, Cold War of Paul BryanSeptember 13, 1965—After a brief romance with Laura Beaumont (Katherine Ross, Paul is guest of her father Phil (Stephen McNally) at an exclusive ski resort whe - S01E02
The Girl Next Door Is a SpySeptember 20, 1965—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 - S01E03
Someone Who Makes Me Feel BeautifulSeptember 27, 1965—In Mexico, Paul vies with charmer and con man Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) for the affections of the wealthy Jessica Braden (Tippi Hedren) - S01E04
How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and ProfitOctober 1, 1965—When Paul makes a satirical toast behind the Iron Curtain, racing-car driver Janos Takacs (Eric Braeden) courteously joins in and finds hims - S01E05
Never Pick Up a StrangerOctober 8, 1965—When Paul makes a satirical toast behind the Iron Curtain, racing-car driver Janos Takacs (Eric Braeden) courteously joins in and finds hims - S01E06
Our Man in LimboOctober 22, 1965—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 - S01E07
Where Mystery BeginsOctober 29, 1965—Paul successfully defends Louise Brode (Dana Wynter) on a charge of murdering her husband when her regular lawyer, Martin Shawe (Keith Ande - S01E08
The Savage SeasonNovember 8, 1965—Judy Collins (Jill Haworth) transports money for mobsters, but when she calls on Paul's assistance after $200,000 disappears, casino owner A - S01E09
This Town for SaleNovember 15, 1965—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 ma - S01E10
A Girl Named SorrowNovember 22, 1965—On their sail-planing vacation Paul remains in the dark about the actions of secret Israeli agent Lisa Sorrow (Ina Balin) as she tracks dow - S01E11
The Voice of Gina MilanNovember 29, 1965—Opera singer Gina Milan (Susan Strasberg) declares there can be no romantic commitment in her life, but allows for one moment of love with P - S01E12
The Time of the SharksDecember 6, 1965—Paul's shark fishing expedition with Hardie Rankin (Howard Keel) and his wife Elizabeth (Dolores Dorn-Helt) is suddenly turned into a test o - S01E13
Make the Angels WeepDecember 13, 1965—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 - S01E14
Journey into YesterdayDecember 27, 1965—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 - S01E15
Strangers at the DoorJanuary 3, 1966—Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Paul hops a freight and becomes companion of the enigmatic Brett (Robert Drivas) on a trek full of symbol - S01E16
Carnival Ends at MidnightJanuary 10, 1966—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), - S01E17
The Rediscovery of Charlotte HydeJanuary 24, 1966—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 - S01E18
The Night of the TerrorJanuary 31, 1966—When Harry Blunt (Donnelly Rhodes) invites Paul and Jenny (Sharon Farrell) to his house, they find out how seriously disturbed he and his b - S01E19
Keep My Share of the WorldFebruary 7, 1966—A love triangle is revealed when Paul grabs the opportunity to make a world speed record for Greek magnate Alex Staphos (Rossano Brazzi), ca - S01E20
In Search of AprilFebruary 14, 1966—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 surpr - S01E21
Hoodlums on WheelsFebruary 21, 1966—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 - S01E22
Who's Watching the Fleshpot?March 7, 1966—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 - S01E23
Sequestro (1)March 14, 1966—In Sicily brothers Enzo (Harry Guardino) and Tonio (Sal Mineo) kidnap Paul in order to finance Enzo's marriage to Marta (Marianna Hill). - S01E24
Sequestro (2)March 21, 1966—Paul has been kidnapped by brothers Enzo (Harry Guardino) and Tonio (Sal Mineo), and everyone's life starts to unravel when Enzo's fiancée M - S01E25
Don't Count on TomorrowMarch 28, 1966—Tortured and falsely imprisoned for espionage by the KGB, Paul's escape is aided by cellmate Gyula Bogner (Roddy McDowall) whose fixation on - S01E26
The Cruel FountainApril 4, 1966—Paul's old friend Clara Mallory (Jan Sterling), whose hands are disabled, becomes interested in the treatment of Belle Frazer (Kathryn Hays) - S01E27
Night Train from ChicagoApril 11, 1966—Paul becomes involved with the mob when he meets Elizabeth (Louise Sorel) on a train, a woman in nun's garb, who suddenly disappears. - S01E28
The Last SafariApril 25, 1966—Paul joins Mark Foster (Leslie Nielsen) on safari in Africa to help his daughter Julie (Lesley-Ann Warren), a patient of his own doctor, com - S01E29
The Savage MachinesMay 2, 1966—Pete Gaffney (Jeremy Slate) and Paul form a racing partnership with Clive Darrell (Edward Mulhare), but his wife Rhona (Sally Ann Howes) is - S01E30
The Sadness of a Happy TimeMay 16, 1966—When Paul falls hopelessly in love with novelist Nicole Longet (Claudine Longet), he flees, but she interprets his action to mean that he is
Season02
- S02E01
The Day Time StoppedSeptember 12, 1966—Paul is no longer aware of his diagnosis after a tobogganing accident brings on amnesia, so he returns to his fiancée Kate Pierce (Carol Law - S02E02
I Am the Late Diana HaysSeptember 19, 1966—Paul tries to protect Diana Hays (Diana Hyland) from her eccentric husband Julian Hays (Jack Palance) who was convicted of her murder when s - S02E03
The Borders of BarbarismSeptember 26, 1966—Paul becomes involved in a dangerous Yugoslavian adventure, seeking hidden diamonds and documents when Gillian Wales (Joan Collins) mistakes - S02E04
The Committee for the 25thOctober 3, 1966—Susan Sinclair (Brooke Bundy), daughter of former San Francisco mayor Dwight Sinclair (Wendell Corey) has been addicted to drugs by Las Vega - S02E05
The Dark Beyond the DoorOctober 10, 1966—Paul tries to solve the mystery of payments his friend Jim Carlson (Peter Greaves) is making that have led his wife Ellen (Delphi Lawrence) - S02E06
The Sex ObjectOctober 17, 1966—Gigolo Ramon De Vega (Fernando Lamas) falls for fortune hunter Diana Murrow (Joan Hackett) at a posh Mexican resort. - S02E07
The Edge of the VolcanoOctober 24, 1966—Just before a government assault Paul aids Abby Powers (Katherine Crawford) to reach a Latin American rebel camp where her father is writing - S02E08
Grotenberg MaskOctober 31, 1966—There is a murder mystery to solve after Dena Fuller (Elizabeth Ashley) ends her ski romance with Johnny Cadell (Tom Simcox), and sails back - S02E09
The Treasure SeekersNovember 14, 1966—Paul experiences friendliness turning to malice when he is oppressed with demands from all sides after winning a fortune in the sweepstakes. - S02E10
The Man Who Had No EnemiesNovember 21, 1966—As prime suspect in the murder of his sailing companion, Paul is held on the island of Bonaire while the real murderer is exposed by an old - S02E11
A Game of ViolenceNovember 28, 1966—Paul's old friend Duke Smith (Sugar Ray Robinson) goes into a championship prize fight knowing he might collapse, so he places a bet against - S02E12
Hang Down Your Head and LaughDecember 5, 1966—Traveling by bus across America Paul meets Tina (Kim Darby), a runaway teenager who alternately threatens him, then pleads with him to take - S02E13
Tears from a Glass EyeDecember 12, 1966—Offered $100,000 by Ralph Bronson (Gerald S. O'Loughlan) to marry his ex-wife Laura (Mary Ann Mobley), Paul believes the next man in her lif - S02E14
Time and a Half on Christmas EveDecember 19, 1966—Paul is flying to San Francisco to spend Christmas with his former fiancee, but gets stranded when his plane makes an emergency landing. And - S02E15
The Shock of RecognitionDecember 31, 1966—Paul's romance with Anna Birrel (Marlyn Mason) in Spain hits a snag when her former fiancé, actor Charlie Harrod (Farley Granger) arrives to - S02E16
Flight from Tirana (1)January 9, 1967—In Albania to act as counsel for accused spy Brad Capo (Mike Roads), Paul is housed with American defector Dave Corbett (Ossie Davis), and f - S02E17
A Rage for Justice (2)January 16, 1967—Paul's court martial defence of the man who helped him escape from Albania, ends up resting on a point of moral philosophy. - S02E18
The List of Alice McKennaJanuary 23, 1967—A friend from school days, Alice McKenna (Geraldine Brooks) causes talk in Paul's home town when she asks him to clear her name after servin - S02E19
The Face of the AntagonistJanuary 30, 1967—When Vince Murdoch (Aldo Ray) rescues Paul from an assault by teenagers, the discredited policeman must then rely on him as his witness on a - S02E20
Baby, the World's on FireFebruary 6, 1967—Paul finds himself in deep trouble when he is mistaken for his old friend Harry Bevins (Jack Kelly) who is playing both ends against the mid - S02E21
Rendezvous in TokyoFebruary 11, 1967—Thoughts of his life as a Korean War airman - and a woman he once loved - come flooding back to Paul when he arrives at a Tokyo bar for a re - S02E22
The Calculus of ChaosFebruary 19, 1967—Paul and racing star Nick Cooper (Pat Harrington Jr.) assist a Czech scientist escape his country with tragic results. - S02E23
The AssassinFebruary 26, 1967—Paul tries to stop another dying man who has nothing to lose by committing murder to revenge the college prank which crippled him. - S02E24
The Carpella CollectionMarch 6, 1967—Though only a pawn for the real thieves, Paul is suspected of stealing jewels worth many millions from wealthy financier Erich Krieger (Hel - S02E25
A Very Small InjusticeMarch 13, 1967—Paul is taken hostage by escaped convict J.B. Flowers (Burr DeBenning) who flees from a posse led by Sheriff Hoag (Slim Pickens). - S02E26
East of the EquatorMarch 20, 1967—When a picture appears in a New York gallery that could have been painted by the husband she thought dead, Carolyn Willins (Dina Merrill), o - S02E27
A Choice of EvilsApril 3, 1967—Karen Mueller (Barbara Stanek) claims to be the illegitimate daughter of Paul's friend Spencer Holt (John Forsythe), and her appearance at t - S02E28
Tell It to the DeadApril 11, 1967—When rebels in a breakaway Himalayan state hold Paul and two American women as espionage suspects, he finds himself the object of one's spec - S02E29
Better World Next TimeApril 18, 1967—After fleeing a North Vietnamese prison camp, Paul's flying buddy from the Korean War, Colonel Mike Green (Martin Milner) escapes from a mil - S02E30
The Word Would Be GoodbyeApril 25, 1967—A surprising encounter on the road brings Nicole Longet (Claudine Longet) back into Paul's life, complications in hers hindering their fragi
Season03
- S03E01
Who's Che Guevara?September 13, 1967—Paul's seaplane is hijacked and flown to Cuba, supposedly to bring out an enemy of the regime, but virtually everything told to him is untru - S03E02
The Inhuman PredicamentSeptember 20, 1967—Paul is romancing a princess on the lavish yacht of his friend Rachel Pike (Vera Miles) when pal Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) inveigles hi - S03E03
Three Passengers for the LusitaniaSeptember 27, 1967—In Acapulco Paul meets a dare devil who seems to think he has nothing to lose when risking his life. - S03E04
The Frozen ImageOctober 4, 1967—Middle-aged entertainer Jamey Burke (Mel Torme) feels a Peter Pan image is necessary for success, and when he fires his manager and picks Pa - S03E05
Trip to the Far SideOctober 11, 1967—A casual relationship with Paul is taken too seriously by Valerie Phillips (Marianna Hill) and her industrialist father Cal Phillips (Ralph - S03E06
The Company of ScoundrelsOctober 18, 1967—Paul investigates the death of his friend who headed a committee for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw gambling. - S03E07
At the End of the Rainbow There's Another RainbowOctober 25, 1967—When Alex Ryder (Bruce Dern) availed of the opportunity to fake his death and collect substantial insurance money, his wife Molly (Anne Helm - S03E08
Down with Willy HatchOctober 30, 1967—Paul goes to the aid of an old friend who's been arrested on a trumped-up morals charge, but finds that's only where the problems of Willy H - S03E09
The Naked Half TruthNovember 6, 1967—Multi-millionaire Andrew Dawson (Edward Andrews) asks Paul to track down a possibly long-lost daughter in Andorra, and with the help of Ramo - S03E10
Tell It Like It IsNovember 13, 1967—Against Paul's advice, distinguished jurist Taliaferro Wilson (Franchot Tone) goes on the sensationalist talk show of scandal-monger host Je - S03E11
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)November 20, 1967—A horrific crash killing four people occurs when Paul's car stalls on a highway. - S03E12
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)November 27, 1967—As Frank Frazer (James Farentino) schemes to recover the money he stole from a bank, other survivors of the crash caused by Paul's car deal - S03E13
The Mustafa EmbraceDecember 1, 1967—Lucia Van Vorst (Katherine Crawford) believes she should keep a valuable wedding present from her Moroccan husband Jamal Mustafa (Stanley Wa - S03E14
It Could Only Happen in RomeDecember 15, 1967—Trying to find his way past the ever-changing smoke screen she creates. Paul becomes enchanted by Tia (Tisha Sterling), a girl he meets sing - S03E15
Fly by NightDecember 22, 1967—Paul acts as a catalyst to expose the killers responsible for the murder his friend Garrett Hamilton (Jason Evers) is suspected of. - S03E16
A Dangerous ProposalJanuary 3, 1968—Paul is asked to purchase a rare car for industrialist Sir Harry Hiller (Albert Dekker), but the real objective is something quite different - S03E17
One Bad TurnJanuary 10, 1968—A casual remark to Deputy Sheriff Potter (Warren Oates) in a small American town leads Paul facing a certain 15-year prison sentence. - S03E18
The Rape of LucreceJanuary 17, 1968—Failing, possibly scheming, author Lucrece Lawrence (Julie Harris) accuses Paul of attempted rape when her mind misconstrues an unromantic - S03E19
The Killing SceneFebruary 1, 1968—With just hours left Paul, who prosecuted the case six years earlier, tries to save Lou Patterson (Tom Skerritt) from the gas chamber. - S03E20
Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered AgainFebruary 8, 1968—As a favor to her father Paul searches the hippie enclaves of San Francisco and Los Angeles for Sara Prentice (Barbara Hershey), who writes - S03E21
Strategy of TerrorFebruary 15, 1968—A calculating position. - S03E22
The Dead on FurloughFebruary 22, 1968—Paul accompanies Lisa Sorrow (Ina Balin) on the archaeological dig of her former lover David Navan (Hans Gudegast) in Israel, but jubilation - S03E23
Beware My LoveMarch 2, 1968—Paul helps Barbara Sherwood (Susan Trustman) investigate what she believes to be the suspicious drowning of her sister in Italy. - S03E24
CarolMarch 9, 1968—When the boy she thought she married tells her that the wedding was a fake, Carol Sherman (Kim Darby) accepts a ride to San Francisco from P - S03E25
Life Among the Meat EatersMarch 16, 1968—A gambling syndicate considers Paul a threat to their getting a debt paid by Alejandro Orsini (Jacques Bergerac) who is about to marry wealt - S03E26
The ExchangeMarch 27, 1968—Paul is asked to be a go-between to exchange the husband of Alicia Stuyvesant (Janice Rule) for an East German agent being held in the US.
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