Laurence Harvey in THE RUNNING MAN Available on Blu-ray June 18th From Arrow Academy

By Tom Stockman | May 21, 2019

Laurence Harvey in THE RUNNING MAN (1963) will be available on Blu-ray June 18th From Arrow Academy

Over a decade after redefining the thriller with The Third Man, director Carol Reed returned to the genre with The Running Man. Reuniting with that film s cinematographer Robert Krasker (BAFTA-nominated for his work here), Reed goes in the opposite direction visually, framing the twisty plot in sun-kissed widescreen color.

Rex Black (Laurence Harvey, Walk On The Wild Side) has successfully faked his death in a plane crash and escaped to sunny Málaga under a new identity, waiting for his wife Stella (Lee Remick, Anatomy Of A Murder) to arrive with £50,000 of life insurance money. It s the start of a blissful, trouble-free new life for the couple until Stephen (Alan Bates, Gosford Park), the insurance agent in charge of investigating Rex s death, suddenly arrives in town. Is he just holidaying in Spain, as he claims, or is he on assignment to foil Rex s scheme?

Adapted by John Mortimer (later the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey) from the novel The Ballad of the Running Man by Shelley Smith, this underappreciated entry in Reed s celebrated oeuvre makes its worldwide Blu-ray premiere, complete with insightful new bonus features.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

·  2K restoration of the film by Sony Pictures

·  High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation

·  Original uncompressed mono audio

·  Isolated music and effects track

·  Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

·  Audio commentary by Peter William Evans, author of British Film-Makers: Carol Reed

·  On The Trail Of The Running Man, all-new featurette with crew members such as script supervisor Angela Allen and assistant director Kits Browning

·  Lee Remick at the National Film Theatre, an audio-only recording of the actor’s appearance at the NFT in 1970

·  Image gallery

·  Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork

·  FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw