Run for Your Life

Season 2

A successful lawyer (Ben Gazzara) is told by his doctor that he's terminally ill and will be dead in under two years. He decides to do all of the things for which he never had time. Each episode tells of the places he goes and the people he meets, from bums riding the rails to gigolos. He becomes a man with little fear of death, and everything but time.

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30 Episodes

The Day Time Stopped
E1
The Day Time StoppedPaul 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.
I Am the Late Diana Hays
E2
I Am the Late Diana HaysPaul 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.
The Borders of Barbarism
E3
The Borders of BarbarismPaul becomes involved in a dangerous Yugoslavian adventure, seeking hidden diamonds and documents when Gillian Wales (Joan Collins) mistakes him for an underworld character.
The Committee for the 25th
E4
The Committee for the 25thSusan 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.
The Dark Beyond the Door
E5
The Dark Beyond the DoorPaul 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.
The Sex Object
E6
The Sex ObjectGigolo Ramon De Vega (Fernando Lamas) falls for fortune hunter Diana Murrow (Joan Hackett) at a posh Mexican resort.
The Edge of the Volcano
E7
The Edge of the VolcanoJust before a government assault Paul aids Abby Powers (Katherine Crawford) to reach a Latin American rebel camp where her father is writing about the leader.
Grotenberg Mask
E8
Grotenberg MaskThere is a murder mystery to solve after Dena Fuller (Elizabeth Ashley) ends her ski romance with Johnny Cadell (Tom Simcox), and sails back to the US with Paul, finding Johnny's unpleasant brother Charles (Skip Homeier) on board - and his wife dead when they arrive in New York.
The Treasure Seekers
E9
The Treasure SeekersPaul experiences friendliness turning to malice when he is oppressed with demands from all sides after winning a fortune in the sweepstakes.
The Man Who Had No Enemies
E10
The Man Who Had No EnemiesAs 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 friend as three people from the same Arkansas city meet there.
A Game of Violence
E11
A Game of ViolencePaul's old friend Duke Smith (Sugar Ray Robinson) goes into a championship prize fight knowing he might collapse, so he places a bet against himself in Paul's name, leaving him to sort out the aftermath.
Hang Down Your Head and Laugh
E12
Hang Down Your Head and LaughTraveling by bus across America Paul meets Tina (Kim Darby), a runaway teenager who alternately threatens him, then pleads with him to take her to Los Angeles.
Tears from a Glass Eye
E13
Tears from a Glass EyeOffered $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 life, Collier Johnson (Donnelly Rhodes) to have ulterior motives.
Time and a Half on Christmas Eve
E14
Time and a Half on Christmas EvePaul is flying to San Francisco to spend Christmas with his former fiancee, but gets stranded when his plane makes an emergency landing. And he ends up spending Christmas Eve with Harry Martin (Ernest Borgnine), a garrulous cabdriver estranged from his family and laughing his way through a lonely life.
The Shock of Recognition
E15
The Shock of RecognitionPaul's romance with Anna Birrel (Marlyn Mason) in Spain hits a snag when her former fiancé, actor Charlie Harrod (Farley Granger) arrives to make a film and decides to try bull fighting.
Flight from Tirana (1)
E16
Flight from Tirana (1)In Albania to act as counsel for accused spy Brad Capo (Mike Roads), Paul is housed with American defector Dave Corbett (Ossie Davis), and faced with conflicting instructions that could mean freedom or death.
A Rage for Justice (2)
E17
A Rage for Justice (2)Paul's court martial defence of the man who helped him escape from Albania, ends up resting on a point of moral philosophy.
The List of Alice McKenna
E18
The List of Alice McKennaA friend from school days, Alice McKenna (Geraldine Brooks) causes talk in Paul's home town when she asks him to clear her name after serving seven years for murdering her husband
The Face of the Antagonist
E19
The Face of the AntagonistWhen Vince Murdoch (Aldo Ray) rescues Paul from an assault by teenagers, the discredited policeman must then rely on him as his witness on a murder charge, and then the teenagers too..
Baby, the World's on Fire
E20
Baby, the World's on FirePaul finds himself in deep trouble when he is mistaken for his old friend Harry Bevins (Jack Kelly) who is playing both ends against the middle in Tokyo.
Rendezvous in Tokyo
E21
Rendezvous in TokyoThoughts 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 reunion with his flying comrades after 15 years.
The Calculus of Chaos
E22
The Calculus of ChaosPaul and racing star Nick Cooper (Pat Harrington Jr.) assist a Czech scientist escape his country with tragic results.
The Assassin
E23
The AssassinPaul tries to stop another dying man who has nothing to lose by committing murder to revenge the college prank which crippled him.
The Carpella Collection
E24
The Carpella CollectionThough only a pawn for the real thieves, Paul is suspected of stealing jewels worth many millions from wealthy financier Erich Krieger (Helmut Dantine).
A Very Small Injustice
E25
A Very Small InjusticePaul is taken hostage by escaped convict J.B. Flowers (Burr DeBenning) who flees from a posse led by Sheriff Hoag (Slim Pickens).
East of the Equator
E26
East of the EquatorWhen a picture appears in a New York gallery that could have been painted by the husband she thought dead, Carolyn Willins (Dina Merrill), obsessed by the role of a woman and her failure as a wife, goes to Brazil in search of the artist.
A Choice of Evils
E27
A Choice of EvilsKaren Mueller (Barbara Stanek) claims to be the illegitimate daughter of Paul's friend Spencer Holt (John Forsythe), and her appearance at the very end of his Gubernatorial campaign presents the candidate with a difficult choice.
Tell It to the Dead
E28
Tell It to the DeadWhen rebels in a breakaway Himalayan state hold Paul and two American women as espionage suspects, he finds himself the object of one's special plan for his immortality.
Better World Next Time
E29
Better World Next TimeAfter fleeing a North Vietnamese prison camp, Paul's flying buddy from the Korean War, Colonel Mike Green (Martin Milner) escapes from a military hospital, believing he's still being pursued by the Viet Cong.
The Word Would Be Goodbye
E30
The Word Would Be GoodbyeA surprising encounter on the road brings Nicole Longet (Claudine Longet) back into Paul's life, complications in hers hindering their fragile attempts to let their love blossom again.