Runners (film) explained

Runners
Director:	Charles Sturridge
Starring:	Kate Hardie
Producer:	Barry Hanson
Music:	George Fenton
Cinematography:	Howard Atherton
Studio:	Goldcrest Films
Distributor:	Cinegate
Runtime:	107 min.
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Budget:	£913,000^[1]

Runners is a 1983 film written by Stephen Poliakoff, and directed by Charles Sturridge. It stars Kate Hardie, James Fox and Jane Asher.^[2]

Premise

An English father heads for London in search of his missing teenage daughter.

Cast

• Kate Hardie as Rachel Lindsay
• James Fox as Tom Lindsay
• Jane Asher as Helen
• Eileen O'Brien as Gillian Lindsay
• Bernard Hill as Trevor Field

Box office

Goldcrest Films invested £721,000 in the film and earned £401,000 causing them to lose £320,000.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing. 28. British Film Institute. 2005.
2. Web site: Runners (1983) - Charles Sturridge | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
3. Book: My indecision is final. Jake. Eberts . Terry. Illott. 1990 . Faber and Faber. 657.