Runners (film)

Runners
Runners
Directed by	Charles Sturridge
Written by	Stephen Poliakoff
Produced by	Barry Hanson
Starring	Kate Hardie
Cinematography	Howard Atherton
Music by	George Fenton
Production; company	Goldcrest Films
Distributed by	Cinegate
Release date	August 1983;
Running time	107 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£913,000

Last updated December 14, 2025

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]

References

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

External links

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[org-1] "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 28.

[2] "Runners (1983) - Charles Sturridge | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

[3] Eberts, Jake; Illott, Terry (1990). My indecision is final. Faber and Faber. p. 657.

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