Runaway (1964 film)

Runaway
Runaway
	Theatrical Poster
Directed by	John O'Shea
Written by	John Graham ; John O'Shea
Produced by	John O'Shea
Starring	; Nadja Regin
Cinematography	Anthony Williams
Music by	Robin Maconie
Release date	November 1964;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

Runaway, also called Runaway Killer, is a 1964 New Zealand made thriller film and a road movie. John O’Shea of Pacific Films produced, directed and co-wrote it. Shot in black and white and released on 35 mm and also 16 mm, it was cut to 80 minutes and renamed Runaway Killer for release in Britain, although this lost continuity between scenes. The film stars in the lead, and several New Zealanders who became famous in other fields; Kiri Te Kanawa, Barry Crump and Ray Columbus.

Plot[]

High-flying but high-living accountant David Manning gets heavily into debt, loses his job and goes on the road. He is given a lift by the wealthy Laura, who fancies him and is jealous of Isobel, a young Maori woman they meet. After a fight he steals Laura's car and heads for the mountains of his childhood, meeting Diana on the inter-island ferry and pursued by police. They head up the glacier for a mountain pass. Diana falls, but Manning continues his hazardous journey up towards the pass.

Cast[]

as David Manning
Nadja Regin as Laura Kossovich
as Diana
Kiri Te Kanawa as Isobel Wharewera
as Joe Wharewera
Barry Crump as Clarrie
Gil Cornwall as Tom Morton
Sam Stevens as Tana
as Dorothy
Doraine Green as Sandra
Clyde Scott as Athol
Rim D. Paul as Simon Rangi
Alma Woods as Mrs Milligan
William Johnstone as Alex Manning
Murray Smith as Driscoll
Mary Amoore as Helen Manning
John Atha as Bellamy
Kauri Toi as Mrs Wharewera
Ray Columbus as Bandleader

References[]

New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p54 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1

External links[]

Runaway at IMDb
Runaway – entire film online at the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television & Sound
Runaway at Rotten Tomatoes website (shown as a 2012 film)

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