Running Scared (1980)

Director:

Paul Glickler

Writers:

Paul Glickler (story)
David Odell (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 September 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Aviation | Dynamite | Agent | Cold War | Escape

Cast

Ken Wahl	...	Chas McClain
Judge Reinhold	...	Leroy Beecher
Annie McEnroe	...	Sally Mae Giddens
Bradford Dillman	...	Arthur Jaeger
John Saxon	...	Captain Munoz
Pat Hingle	...	Sergeant McClain
Lonny Chapman	...	Pa Beecher (as Lonnie Chapman)
Tom McFadden	...	Col. Williams
Tim Brantly	...	Kid in Jalopy
Mary Lawson	...	Ponytail
Lisa Felcoski	...	Sandy
Francine Joyce	...	Robin Winston
Malcolm Jones	...	Storekeeper
Tom Tully	...	C-47 Pilot
Roger Pretto	...	Commando Lieutenant

Also Known As:

Back in the U.S.A. (USA)
Desperate Men (USA) (bootleg title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Dade County, Florida, USA

Company:

The Running Scared Company

Trivia:

Judge Reinhold's first feature film.

Soundtrack:

DECIDED BY THE ANGELS

Judge Reinhold and Ken Wahl are caught up in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion!

Chas McClain(Wahl) and Leroy Beecher(Judge)are returning home to Florida from military service in the Panama Canal zone as stow-aways on a C-47 cargo plane. Leroy is smuggling a trunk full of guns, cameras, and other goods he has appropriated as his Army "discharge bonus"

When the C-47 makes an unexpected supply drop at a secret military base, under preparation for a Cuban invasion, Leroy innocently takes a photograph while testing his new infra-red camera.

Chas and Leroy's civilian freedom is short-lived because a paranoid intelligence agent has discovered evidence of Judge's photography and assumes the boys are spies. Captain Munoz(John Saxon)doing his best Cuban,officer in the invasion force, is ordered to bring in the boys for questioning. Order are to stop at nothing, including torture, to get the answers they want. This is some of Reinhold best acting, he shows skill he hasn't use since. A good late-nite actioner. Oh yeah lots of cool cars from late 50's and early 60's.