Runaway Train
“Desperate, and determined to survive.”
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
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Cast
27 people
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Andrei Konchalovsky Director · Edward Bunker Screenplay Djordje Milicevic Screenplay
Worldwide gross $7.9M · Budget $9M · United States release November 15, 1985
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,936,012
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Golan-Globus Productions
Production
Northbrook Films
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
United States · Israel
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · November 15, 1985
Theatrical · (New York City, New York)
United States
December 6, 1985 · Theatrical
Argentina
April 24, 1986 · Theatrical
Australia
June 5, 1986 · Theatrical
Austria
May 23, 1986 · Theatrical
Belgium
March 11, 2015 · Theatrical · (Offscreen Film Festival)
Brazil
May 29, 1986 · Theatrical · Class. DVD
Denmark
July 25, 1986 · Theatrical
Finland
July 11, 1986 · Theatrical
June 15, 2008 · Theatrical · (Midnight Sun Film Festival)
France
May 21, 1986 · Theatrical
October 17, 2012 · Limited theatrical · (restored version) (Grand Lyon Film Festival)
September 4, 2013 · Theatrical · (re-release) (restored version)
Germany
May 22, 1986 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
May 29, 1986 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
July 10, 1986 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 4, 1988 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 22, 1986 · Theatrical
Italy
August 13, 1986 · Theatrical · (Rome premiere)
August 29, 1986 · Theatrical
Japan
June 7, 1986 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 29, 1986 · Theatrical
January 1, 2005 · Physical · DVD
January 31, 2013 · TV · RTL 7
Norway
July 10, 1986 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 26, 1987 · Theatrical
Russia
February 3, 2011 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
January 21, 1989 · Theatrical
Spain
May 16, 1986 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 23, 1986 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 28, 1986 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 27, 1986 · Theatrical · Originally 18; re-rated 2008
Uruguay
January 22, 1987 · Theatrical
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