TV Show

Run for Your Life

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

3 seasons

86 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1965

Rating

TV Show

7.2/10

6 votes • HD

Season 1

30 episodes
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The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan
Episode 1

The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan

Episode 1 • Sep 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 where an avalanche provides the setting for a cunning card game to defeat the evil dictator General Carlos Portaz (Robert Loggia), the new object of Laura's affection.

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The Girl Next Door Is a Spy
Episode 2

The Girl Next Door Is a Spy

Episode 2 • Sep 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 out her secret.

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Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful
Episode 3

Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful

Episode 3 • Sep 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).

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How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit
Episode 4

How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit

Episode 4 • Oct 01, 1965

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 his frivolous action by freeing him with the help of his sister Marika Takacs (Gia Scala) and former prisoner Istvan Zabor (Telly Savalas).

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Never Pick Up a Stranger
Episode 5

Never Pick Up a Stranger

Episode 5 • Oct 08, 1965

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 his frivolous action by freeing him with the help of his sister Marika Takacs (Gia Scala) and former prisoner Istvan Zabor (Telly Savalas).

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Our Man in Limbo
Episode 6

Our Man in Limbo

Episode 6 • Oct 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 Voss (Janine Gray), is an enemy agent. When their private plane crashes in the desert, the truth about her is revealed.

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Season 2

30 episodes
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The Day Time Stopped
Episode 1

The Day Time Stopped

Episode 1 • Sep 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 Lawrence) in San Francisco to help him with the mystery of six missing months in his life.

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I Am the Late Diana Hays
Episode 2

I Am the Late Diana Hays

Episode 2 • Sep 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 she mysteriously disappeared.

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The Borders of Barbarism
Episode 3

The Borders of Barbarism

Episode 3 • Sep 26, 1966

Paul becomes involved in a dangerous Yugoslavian adventure, seeking hidden diamonds and documents when Gillian Wales (Joan Collins) mistakes him for an underworld character.

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The Committee for the 25th
Episode 4

The Committee for the 25th

Episode 4 • Oct 03, 1966

Susan Sinclair (Brooke Bundy), daughter of former San Francisco mayor Dwight Sinclair (Wendell Corey) has been addicted to drugs by Las Vegas mafia boss Carl Cappi (Edward Asner), and Paul uses the threat of a committee to amend the US Constitution to thwart him.

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The Dark Beyond the Door
Episode 5

The Dark Beyond the Door

Episode 5 • Oct 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) to turn to alcohol over fear of another woman.

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The Sex Object
Episode 6

The Sex Object

Episode 6 • Oct 17, 1966

Gigolo Ramon De Vega (Fernando Lamas) falls for fortune hunter Diana Murrow (Joan Hackett) at a posh Mexican resort.

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Season 3

26 episodes
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Who's Che Guevara?
Episode 1

Who's Che Guevara?

Episode 1 • Sep 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 untrue.

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The Inhuman Predicament
Episode 2

The Inhuman Predicament

Episode 2 • Sep 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 him into arranging an introduction to the financier, but Rachel is too much of a match for the gigolo.

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Three Passengers for the Lusitania
Episode 3

Three Passengers for the Lusitania

Episode 3 • Sep 27, 1967

In Acapulco Paul meets a dare devil who seems to think he has nothing to lose when risking his life.

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The Frozen Image
Episode 4

The Frozen Image

Episode 4 • Oct 04, 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 Paul at random to replace him, a significant catalyst is introduced into his life.

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Trip to the Far Side
Episode 5

Trip to the Far Side

Episode 5 • Oct 11, 1967

A casual relationship with Paul is taken too seriously by Valerie Phillips (Marianna Hill) and her industrialist father Cal Phillips (Ralph Bellamy) when the couple join a safari after two weeks together in Rome.

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The Company of Scoundrels
Episode 6

The Company of Scoundrels

Episode 6 • Oct 18, 1967

Paul investigates the death of his friend who headed a committee for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw gambling.

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