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The Best Episodes of Run for Your Life Season 1

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The Best Episodes of Run for Your Life Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 1 - The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #1 - The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan

    S1:E1

    After a brief romance with Laura Beaumont (Katherine Ross, Paul is guest of her father Phil (Stephen McNally) at an exclusive ski resort where an avalanche provides the setting for a cunning card game to defeat the evil dictator General Carlos Portaz (Robert Loggia), the new object of Laura's affection.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 2 - The Girl Next Door Is a Spy
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #2 - The Girl Next Door Is a Spy

    S1:E2

    When Paul spots his childhood sweetheart on the street in Berlin, she seeks his support, but US agents appeal to Paul.s patriotism to find out her secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 3 - Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #3 - Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful

    S1:E3

    In Mexico, Paul vies with charmer and con man Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) for the affections of the wealthy Jessica Braden (Tippi Hedren).

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 4 - How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    #4 - How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit

    S1:E4

    When Paul makes a satirical toast behind the Iron Curtain, racing-car driver Janos Takacs (Eric Braeden) courteously joins in and finds himself in prison. Paul tries to make up for his frivolous action by freeing him with the help of his sister Marika Takacs (Gia Scala) and former prisoner Istvan Zabor (Telly Savalas).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 5 - Never Pick Up a Stranger
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Never Pick Up a Stranger

    S1:E5

    When Paul makes a satirical toast behind the Iron Curtain, racing-car driver Janos Takacs (Eric Braeden) courteously joins in and finds himself in prison. Paul tries to make up for his frivolous action by freeing him with the help of his sister Marika Takacs (Gia Scala) and former prisoner Istvan Zabor (Telly Savalas).

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Howard Browne

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  6. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 6 - Our Man in Limbo
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Our Man in Limbo

    S1:E6

    When he meets American agent Mike Allen (Macdonald Carey) in Spain, Paul is asked to help determine whether a girl he knew in Berlin, Erica Voss (Janine Gray), is an enemy agent. When their private plane crashes in the desert, the truth about her is revealed.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 7 - Where Mystery Begins
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Where Mystery Begins

    S1:E7

    Paul successfully defends Louise Brode (Dana Wynter) on a charge of murdering her husband when her regular lawyer, Martin Shawe (Keith Andes), is injured, but Paul suspects Shawe's tactics, and feels compromised.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 8 - The Savage Season
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #8 - The Savage Season

    S1:E8

    Judy Collins (Jill Haworth) transports money for mobsters, but when she calls on Paul's assistance after $200,000 disappears, casino owner Angie Zeno (Harold J. Stone) goes after him, causing Paul to try a daring ploy.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 9 - This Town for Sale
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #9 - This Town for Sale

    S1:E9

    If tried in the town where the victim's father is the leading employer, Paul seems certain to face a long prison sentence after the young man is found dead following a small altercation with him.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 10 - A Girl Named Sorrow
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #10 - A Girl Named Sorrow

    S1:E10

    On their sail-planing vacation Paul remains in the dark about the actions of secret Israeli agent Lisa Sorrow (Ina Balin) as she tracks down a Nazi war criminal In the Arizona desert .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 11 - The Voice of Gina Milan
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #11 - The Voice of Gina Milan

    S1:E11

    Opera singer Gina Milan (Susan Strasberg) declares there can be no romantic commitment in her life, but allows for one moment of love with Paul.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 12 - The Time of the Sharks
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #12 - The Time of the Sharks

    S1:E12

    Paul's shark fishing expedition with Hardie Rankin (Howard Keel) and his wife Elizabeth (Dolores Dorn-Helt) is suddenly turned into a test of courage when they meet a party of young people diving for treasure in the South Pacific.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 13 - Make the Angels Weep
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Make the Angels Weep

    S1:E13

    An old friend of Paul's is on the run, suspected of murdering his lover's husband, and Paul returns to his home town to investigate the case.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 14 - Journey into Yesterday
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Journey into Yesterday

    S1:E14

    When searching for a friend missing in the New Guinea jungle Paul and his guide Carl Hague (James Forrest) are captured by the Bosavis tribe after accidentally shooting one of their young people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 15 - Strangers at the Door
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Strangers at the Door

    S1:E15

    Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Paul hops a freight and becomes companion of the enigmatic Brett (Robert Drivas) on a trek full of symbolism.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 16 - Carnival Ends at Midnight
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Carnival Ends at Midnight

    S1:E16

    Paul is in Rio de Janeiro trying to trick Larry Carter (Peter Lawford) into returning to the US to face trial when Molly Pierce (Anne Helm), daughter of his victim, makes an attempt on the murderer's life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 17 - The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #17 - The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde

    S1:E17

    In Monte Carlo Paul has to come to the rescue of gigolo Ramon de Vega (Fernando Lamas) when “sparrow” Charlotte Hyde (Gena Rowlands) doesn't turn out as he bargained.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 18 - The Night of the Terror
    6.1/10(14 votes)

    #18 - The Night of the Terror

    S1:E18

    When Harry Blunt (Donnelly Rhodes) invites Paul and Jenny (Sharon Farrell) to his house, they find out how seriously disturbed he and his brother Christopher (Charles Aidman) really are.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 19 - Keep My Share of the World
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Keep My Share of the World

    S1:E19

    A love triangle is revealed when Paul grabs the opportunity to make a world speed record for Greek magnate Alex Staphos (Rossano Brazzi), causing both men to disclose intimate secrets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 20 - In Search of April
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #20 - In Search of April

    S1:E20

    When April Martin (Carol Lynley) vanishes shortly after Paul meets her in New Orleans, he goes on a complex search that leads him to a surprising solution to the mystery of her disappearance and a threat to her life.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 21 - Hoodlums on Wheels
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    #21 - Hoodlums on Wheels

    S1:E21

    At a lake resort Paul's life is threatened when he is taken prisoner along with a mother and daughter by an outlaw bike gang responsible for a killing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 22 - Who's Watching the Fleshpot?
    8.4/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Who's Watching the Fleshpot?

    S1:E22

    Paul's college friend Mark Shepard (Bobby Darin) gets him to help out in his tourist business on the Riviera, and they become involved with smugglers when they earn a sports car for assisting May Huston (Eve Arden) and her daughter Marcia (Davey Davison).

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 23 - Sequestro (1)
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #23 - Sequestro (1)

    S1:E23

    In Sicily brothers Enzo (Harry Guardino) and Tonio (Sal Mineo) kidnap Paul in order to finance Enzo's marriage to Marta (Marianna Hill).

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 24 - Sequestro (2)
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Sequestro (2)

    S1:E24

    Paul has been kidnapped by brothers Enzo (Harry Guardino) and Tonio (Sal Mineo), and everyone's life starts to unravel when Enzo's fiancée Marta (Marianna Hill) goes into a Sicilian city to check for arrival of the ransom money.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Run for Your Life Season 1 Episode 25 - Don't Count on Tomorrow
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #25 - Don't Count on Tomorrow

    S1:E25

    Tortured and falsely imprisoned for espionage by the KGB, Paul's escape is aided by cellmate Gyula Bogner (Roddy McDowall) whose fixation on revenge for his father's death causes Paul to turn himself in again to spare innocent lives.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan" is the best rated episode of "Run for Your Life" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/13/1965. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Girl Next Door Is a Spy".