Run for Your Life

Season 3

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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26 Episodes

  • Who's Che Guevara?
    E1
    Who's Che Guevara?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.
  • The Inhuman Predicament
    E2
    The Inhuman PredicamentPaul 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.
  • Three Passengers for the Lusitania
    E3
    Three Passengers for the LusitaniaIn Acapulco Paul meets a dare devil who seems to think he has nothing to lose when risking his life.
  • The Frozen Image
    E4
    The Frozen ImageMiddle-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.
  • Trip to the Far Side
    E5
    Trip to the Far SideA 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.
  • The Company of Scoundrels
    E6
    The Company of ScoundrelsPaul investigates the death of his friend who headed a committee for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw gambling.
  • At the End of the Rainbow There's Another Rainbow
    E7
    At the End of the Rainbow There's Another RainbowWhen Alex Ryder (Bruce Dern) availed of the opportunity to fake his death and collect substantial insurance money, his wife Molly (Anne Helm) turns to Paul for help.
  • Down with Willy Hatch
    E8
    Down with Willy HatchPaul 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 Hatch (Don Rickles) begin.
  • The Naked Half Truth
    E9
    The Naked Half TruthMulti-millionaire Andrew Dawson (Edward Andrews) asks Paul to track down a possibly long-lost daughter in Andorra, and with the help of Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas), he extracts her from two rival smuggling families there.
  • Tell It Like It Is
    E10
    Tell It Like It IsAgainst Paul's advice, distinguished jurist Taliaferro Wilson (Franchot Tone) goes on the sensationalist talk show of scandal-monger host Jerry Haines (James Daly) with horrendous consequences for both men.
  • Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)
    E11
    Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1)A horrific crash killing four people occurs when Paul's car stalls on a highway.
  • Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)
    E12
    Cry Hard, Cry Fast (2)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 with insurance matters and their futures.
  • The Mustafa Embrace
    E13
    The Mustafa EmbraceLucia Van Vorst (Katherine Crawford) believes she should keep a valuable wedding present from her Moroccan husband Jamal Mustafa (Stanley Waxman) when he discards her, and Paul's initial assistance as a courier turns into full-blown cat burglary when he obtains it for her to get revenge on Ahmed Mustafa (Edmund Hashim).
  • It Could Only Happen in Rome
    E14
    It Could Only Happen in RomeTrying to find his way past the ever-changing smoke screen she creates. Paul becomes enchanted by Tia (Tisha Sterling), a girl he meets singing in a café on his Christmas sojourn in Rome.
  • Fly by Night
    E15
    Fly by NightPaul acts as a catalyst to expose the killers responsible for the murder his friend Garrett Hamilton (Jason Evers) is suspected of.
  • A Dangerous Proposal
    E16
    A Dangerous ProposalPaul is asked to purchase a rare car for industrialist Sir Harry Hiller (Albert Dekker), but the real objective is something quite different.
  • One Bad Turn
    E17
    One Bad TurnA casual remark to Deputy Sheriff Potter (Warren Oates) in a small American town leads Paul facing a certain 15-year prison sentence.
  • The Rape of Lucrece
    E18
    The Rape of LucreceFailing, possibly scheming, author Lucrece Lawrence (Julie Harris) accuses Paul of attempted rape when her mind misconstrues an unromantic dinner with him.
  • The Killing Scene
    E19
    The Killing SceneWith just hours left Paul, who prosecuted the case six years earlier, tries to save Lou Patterson (Tom Skerritt) from the gas chamber.
  • Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered Again
    E20
    Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered AgainAs a favor to her father Paul searches the hippie enclaves of San Francisco and Los Angeles for Sara Prentice (Barbara Hershey), who writes erotic poems and charms all men.
  • Strategy of Terror
    E21
    Strategy of TerrorA calculating position.
  • The Dead on Furlough
    E22
    The Dead on FurloughPaul accompanies Lisa Sorrow (Ina Balin) on the archaeological dig of her former lover David Navan (Hans Gudegast) in Israel, but jubilation over a find turns into sorrow for everyone.
  • Beware My Love
    E23
    Beware My LovePaul helps Barbara Sherwood (Susan Trustman) investigate what she believes to be the suspicious drowning of her sister in Italy.
  • Carol
    E24
    CarolWhen 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 Paul to get an abortion.
  • Life Among the Meat Eaters
    E25
    Life Among the Meat EatersA gambling syndicate considers Paul a threat to their getting a debt paid by Alejandro Orsini (Jacques Bergerac) who is about to marry wealthy Mona Morrison (Anne Baxter).
  • The Exchange
    E26
    The ExchangePaul 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.
  • Ben GazzaraPaul Bryan
  • Roy HugginsExecutive Producer
  • Gordon HesslerProducer
  • Jo Swerling Jr.Producer
  • Paul FreemanAssociate Producer

 

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