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Runaway

IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.
Dec 14, 1984 · 1h 40m
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Science Fiction
Thriller
Action

PLOT

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
Directed by Michael Crichton

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$6,770,587
Production
TriStar Pictures
Country
US

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