Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.

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6,072 ratings

R, 112 min.

Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky

Release Date: December 6, 1985

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DVD Release Date: May 15, 2001

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  • July 26, 2007
    Jon Voight is a dangerous convict who escapes from an Alaskan prison and hijacks a train. It's quite suspenseful and tragic.
  • July 5, 2007
    A highly regarded prison escape movie set in the frozen north that is far too steeped in melodrama to be believable, although Jon Voight turns in a typically intense performance through to the pretentious and highly anti-climactic ending.
  • May 15, 2007
    Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa.
  • October 29, 2009
    R.I.P. Edward Bunker
  • June 9, 2009
    liked it when it first came out, but need to see it again to fairly rate it.
  • April 22, 2009
    awesome existential action/thriller movie..thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end.
  • April 10, 2009
    nominated for best picture at the golden globes
  • February 17, 2009
    RUNAWAY TRAIN was released in 1985 and stars Jon Voight and Eric Roberts. Two convicts escape from prison in Alaska and hop on a train. They have no idea that they are in for the ride of their lives as the driver has died of a heart attack and they are on a runaway train. Not a b...( read more)ad film, and I thought that the true stars of this movie were the trains.
  • February 1, 2009
    a very strong film....
  • November 22, 2008
    Overlooked action gem

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