A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
Practical Effects
Real train stunts that aged surprisingly well.
Editing
Tight 73 minutes—no fat, just disaster.
Director
David Lowell Rich
Ben Johnson
Holly Gibson
Ben Murphy
Les Reever
Ed Nelson
Nick Staffo
Darleen Carr
Carol Lerner
Martin Milner
John Shedd
Lee Montgomery
Mark Shedd (as Lee H. Montgomery)
Vera Miles
Ellen Staffo
Ray Danton
Prof. Jack Dunn
Bing Russell
Fireman
John McLiam
Conductor
Lou Frizzell
Brakeman
Frank Maxwell
Chief Dispatcher
Kip Niven
College Man
Laurette Spang
Coed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David Lowell Rich also helmed the similarly titled 'Runaway!' TV movie in 1973—yes, same year, same concept, different cast. TV movie recycling at its finest.
This aired as ABC's Movie of the Week during the peak disaster film craze—Airport had just minted money, and networks rushed to replicate that tension on a TV budget.
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