A Game of Violence

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=1 style="border-right: 1px solid #555555;" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1286" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 206 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b00ac80.jpg" border=0 width="266" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="19b10ac80.jpg" border=0 width="266" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="19b20ac80.jpg" border=0 width="266" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#330000 WIDTH="477"><bR> <div> Run For Your Life</div> <div> Starring Ben Gazzara</div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ben Gazzara Episode Guide to Run For Yo">Homepage</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Episode:</div> <div> A Game of Violence</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1285" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#330000 HEIGHT= 56 WIDTH="797"><bR> <div>            <A HREF="videos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Video List">List of Videos</A>           <A HREF="http://run4.us/journal/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://run4.us/journal/"> Paul Bryan's Journal</A> (and Chronology of Events)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="477"><bR> <div> To contact us, click Homepage link above</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div>   `1   </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1105" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 175 WIDTH="759"><div> Synopsis: Paul's old friend Duke Smith (Sugar Ray Robinson) goes into a championship prize fight knowing he might collapse, so he places a bet against himself in Paul's name, leaving him to sort out the aftermath. With Carol Lawrence as Kate Pierce, Ossie Davis as Frankie Morton, Tige Andrews as Sam Miller, Janet MacLachlan as Barbara Smith, James Sikking as the Doctor, John Indrisano as the Referee, Chick Hearn as Himself, Jim Healy as Himself, Jimmy Lennon as Ring Announcer, Carolyn Nelson as Girl at Desk, Judy Pace as the Nurse, Jack Krupnick as the Henchman</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="335"><div> Episode 41</div> <div> Season 2 - #11</div> <div> First broadcast on</div> <div> November 28, 1966</div> <div> Written by Lou Guardino</div> <div> Directed by Leo Penn</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> SEE INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS OF ENTIRE CAST AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://run4.us/journal/21_26june66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://run4.us/journal/21_26june66.htm"><IMG SRC="170f242c0.jpg" border=0 width="804" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div>  Watch a video clip from this episode on the same page</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1179" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 6236 ><NOBR><div> Creative Team</div> <bR> <div> Producer</div> <div>      Jo Swerling Jr.</div> <div> Associate Producer</div> <div>      Paul Freeman</div> <div> Music</div> <div>      Pete Rugolo</div> <div> Director of Photography</div> <div>     William Margulies A.S.C.</div> <div> Art Director</div> <div>      Howard E. 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TITLE="Life Among the Meat Eaters">Life Among the Meat Eaters</A></div> <div> <A HREF="exchange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Exchange">The Exchange</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="819" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 347 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="199b902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Carol Lawrence and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul makes a date to see Kate in three days</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> The Plot:</div> <bR> <div> A middle-weight title bout is taking place in San Francisco, and Chick Hearn interviews favored contender Duke Smith while Paul is en route to his training camp.</div> <bR> <div> Paul tells his former fiancée Kate Pierce that his friendship with Duke Smith dates back to the first time Paul was knocked unconscious, both trying out for the Olympics, Paul on the Stanford boxing team and Duke a Golden Gloves winner - the last amateur fight for both.</div> <bR> <div> Kate drops Paul off at the training camp</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b690180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Ossie Davis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul hands Frankie cigars</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> For some years Duke's lawyer, Paul is going to spend the three days before the title fight at the training camp.  The boxer is sparring as Paul enters the gym, and Paul heaps praise on his friends attributes before Duke jumps out of the ring to embrace Paul who also greets manager Frankie Morton.</div> <bR> <div> Reference is made to their hundred-year friendship, and Paul confirms that he is hosting the victory party for the new champion after the fight. Duke appoints Paul fourth assistant trainer, and he and Frankie go back to work in the ring.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b790180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Duke and Paul talk about the upcoming fight</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Shortly before the fight Duke phones his wife, and asks her not to come to the fight. He says that he has a problem, and wants her to take the children to her father's, and they'll get together the day after the fight.</div> <bR> <div> Paul watches all Duke's workouts, and later chats with Frankie who declares that if he had the whole hundred years to do all over again, he'd do the very same thing.</div> <bR> <div> Duke asks Paul if he'll be at the weigh-in, but Paul tells him that he'll be busy arranging a party - and Duke is welcome to come.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 306 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b890180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Carol Lawrence and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul and Kate at ringside are shocked</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Jim Healy does fight commentary, and Duke is completely dominant, but unable to knock the champion out.</div> <bR> <div> Paul and Kate are at ringside, and cheer Duke on, as does manager Frankie, delighted with the way the bout is going. By the third round, it looks like Duke is only a punch away from the title when he suddenly stands still and gives the champion the opportunity to hit him at will.</div> <bR> <div> Then Duke suddenly collapses. The crowd boos as the referee counts him out.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a2902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Duke stands silent as a drunken Paul taunts him</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Having taken Kate home, Paul's big victory party ends up consisting of two persons - he and Duke.</div> <bR> <div> Paul is very drunk, saying that he likes bull fighting and boxing, but wouldn't mind if either were outlawed.</div> <bR> <div> He says that he's sick, and the reason is Duke's dive. He taunts Duke incessantly, but the boxer remains stone faced and still. </div> <bR> <div> Then Paul asks where Frankie is - and whether he's gone down the drain or into someone's pocket.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1995902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul tries to help the stricken Duke</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> After downing another drink, Paul staggers into the bathroom and plunges his face into a sink of water.</div> <bR> <div> Coming back into the livingroom with his face in a towel, Paul is shocked to discover his friend collapsed on the floor. He calls for a doctor and an ambulance, telling Duke not to talk or move.</div> <bR> <div> But Duke tells Paul to cancel the ambulance, and says that he felt something coming on before the fight for a month, adding that he didn't ask a doctor about it for fear of the fight being called off.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1993902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Sikking, Ben Gazzara and Judy Pace in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul's quick thinking has saved Duke</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> In the hospital the medical team have everything under control, but outside the room, the doctor says to the nurse that a few hours more and the patient wouldn't be alive. </div> <bR> <div> He is astounded to hear that Duke was in a championship fight that night, and asks who the man with him was. The nurse says he gave his name as Paul Bryan, Attorney at Large, but told the admitting clerk he answers to the name of Fat Mouth.</div> <bR> <div> When the doctor then asks what Paul's relationship to the patient is, she answers, “he says he's Mr. Smith's brother.”</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 306 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b990180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Carol Lawrence and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul tells Kate that Duke has diabetes</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> When he goes back to his hotel, Kate is there with hot coffee ready, and greets him warmly.  Paul tells her that Duke has diabetes, and that he'll be all right if he stays on a strict regime, but will never be able to fight again. There is a knock at the door, and it is gambler cum businessman Sam Miller, acquainted to Paul from his legal days. When he says he wants to chat about the fight, Kate withdraws to the kitchen. Sam says that he never realized that Paul and Duke knew each other. “We've been acquainted over a hundred years,” Paul tells him.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19bb90180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Tige Andrews and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sam Miller keeps harping on Duke's collapse</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Sam comments that it's amazing how such a sick man put up such a strong fight. </div> <bR> <div> He says that Paul should convey to Duke that Sam has no hard feelings, even though he lost a lot of money on the fight. On and on he beats around the same bush, about the illness, and how no one knew about it.</div> <bR> <div> Then Sam says that Paul must have known that Duke was sick. Though Paul denies this, Sam reiterates that Paul had an advantage, and then opens his briefcase, pouring thousands in bills onto the carpet.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a5902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Tige Andrews and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sam dumps $25,000 out of his briefcase for Paul</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Paul just laughs, but shows no immense surprise at his winnings on a bet he never made.</div> <bR> <div> As he gets up to leave, Sam says that if he'd known Paul and Duke were friends for a hundred years, he'd never have OK'd his bet at 5 to 2 against the contender. He implies that there will be a rematch between them one day, and Paul says, “especially if you keep calling me Paulo.”</div> <bR> <div> Sam tells Paul not to put any of his winnings into real estate because he wants another crack at the money.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a6902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Carol Lawrence and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul shows Kate the cash from Sam Miller</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> After he's gone Paul tells a curious Kate that Sam was a working man who became a union organizer, then went into property and business, though he was principally a gambler who controls many people.</div> <bR> <div> When Paul  shows her the suitcase full of money, she asks what it means, and Paul replies that it meant that he bet Duke would lose the fight.</div> <bR> <div> Kate is bemused, and Paul explains that, of course, he didn't, but nevertheless he has $25,000 of Sam Miller's money that says he did.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19bd90180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul waits by Duke's bedside</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Still heartsick over his friend's plight, Paul goes back to the hospital, waiting for Duke to wake, and his first words are to ask about Paul's travels and bullfighting.</div> <bR> <div> Then he says that Frankie was there - in so much grief that Duke thought that he must be dying.</div> <bR> <div> In response to Duke's query about how Frankie was now doing, Paul says the manager didn't say how he was when Paul rang, but that he told Paul what he was - every word for a traitor he could find.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a8902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul says Frankie thinks he's a traitor</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> “I knew then that he knew about the 25 grand I won betting against you,” Paul says gloomily, adding that Frankie ended up calling him a fink.</div> <bR> <div> Duke says Frankie shouldn't have done that, and he tells Paul to straighten him out on the matter.</div> <bR> <div> “Didn't you?” Paul asks, but Duke says he was afraid to, then mentions that he once turned down $750,000 to throw a fight. Paul asks him why he didn't take it, and Duke says it was because above everything else, he wanted to be a winner.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19ab902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Ossie Davis and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul explains that Duke placed the bet in his name</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Paul then goes to see Frankie, and the manager is still outraged over the bet, and that Paul knew the fighter was ill, but told no one.</div> <bR> <div> Paul tells him that he did no more than go to see the fight, but Duke, in fear that he might not finish the champion off in three rounds, placed an insurance bet for himself in Paul's name.</div> <bR> <div> Frankie apologizes, and wonders what's going to happen to Duke for illegally betting against himself. Paul is unsure, and says that he may be an accessory himself.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 327 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19aa902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Carol Lawrence and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul receives a message from Sam while dining with Kate</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Paul meets Kate in a restaurant, and a strolling musician leaves a message for Paul from Sam Miller, inviting him to join in whatever game of chance Paul might care to try his luck against the gambler - anything from Chemin de Fer to Russian Roulette.</div> <bR> <div> Paul tells Kate that the money is no longer Sam's hangup.  It's now Paul, as Sam believes he out-manipulated him. Paul tells Kate to order the most expensive thing on the menu, since Sam is also paying their dinner bill. When she asks whether he will take up Sam's offer, Paul says casually, "oh sure."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 328 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19ac902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Tige Andrews, Jack Krupnick and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sam can't believe his luck</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Sam arrives at Paul's appointed location for the gamble - a boxing ring - along with two henchmen. Paul's proposition is a boxing match between the two of them, the winner to take away the case with $25,000 in it, which Paul is putting up.  Sam doesn't have to offer any stake. Sam can't believe his luck, having formerly make his living boxing. “I'll break every bone in your head,” he says with glee. “Twenty-five grand says you don't,” Paul replies. Sam thinks Paul is crazy, but in a few minutes, Sam is down and won't get up again for more. He and his henchmen then depart, leaving the case of money behind.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 327 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19ad902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Janet MacLachlan in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Duke and Barbara discuss the future</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Back at the hospital, Duke is expressing his fears to Barbara. No fights, no money.  But his wife is confident they'll be fine, “unless you've got another woman,” she teases slyly. Duke starts laughing, and asks her how he'd manage that with all his ailments.</div> <bR> <div> They start hugging, and are in an embrace when Paul comes in.  Paul puts the briefcase down on a chair, and when Duke asks about Paul's condition, instead of mentioning the fight with Sam, he says that he slipped in a bathtub, adding that he and Duke have a lot in common now in their bandaged faces.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19ae902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Duke jokes about the food, then becomes serious</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Barbara goes out for magazines, and Duke shows Paul his dinner, predicting that the hospital food will shortly turn him into a featherweight.</div> <bR> <div> Then he becomes serious, and says that Barbara was always worried about his boxing, but he never achieved the diamonds he hoped to buy her fighting.</div> <bR> <div> Paul replies that she'd never mind.</div> <bR> <div> Noting that Paul will be leaving soon, Duke asks if he might know a reliable District Attorney Paul could introduce Duke to.  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 348 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19af902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul advises Duke to forget making a confession</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Paul says he could, but as his lawyer, wouldn't recommend this, as Duke would not be obliged to testify against himself.</div> <bR> <div> “But I want to testify,” he replies, so Paul points out that Duke didn't throw the fight, and he went into the bout to win. “That makes the bet only technically illegal,” Paul says, adding that the establishment “is up to here with real criminals.”</div> <bR> <div> They exchange greetings, and Paul is going out the door when Duke tells him that he's forgotten his case. Paul looks over at it and responds, “what's that? I don't see any bag.” Then waves goodbye.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="287281e0.gif" border=0 width="40" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Notes & Comments:  All along, and accompanying almost every scene, is the fact that the protagonists know more than the viewer.  This presents a lot of problems, especially because most people will get no more than one chance to see this episode.</div> <bR> <div> However, it also lends a certain obtuseness which holds the attention tightly for those not particularly interested in boxing.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://run4.us/journal/21_26june66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://run4.us/journal/21_26june66.htm"><IMG SRC="170f242c0.jpg" border=0 width="804" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div>  Watch a video clip from this episode on the same page</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1355" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 270 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a4a6dc0.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="220" ALT="Sugar Ray Robinson in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sugar Ray Robinson</div> <div> as Duke Smith</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b4a0dc0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Carol Lawrence</div> <div> as Kate Pierce</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a996dc0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="220" ALT="Ossie Davis in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ossie Davis as</div> <div> Frankie Morton</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="199ca8dc0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="220" ALT="Tige Andrews in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tige Andrews</div> <div> as Sam Miller</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19a39edc0.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="220" ALT="Janet MacLachlan in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Janet MacLachlan</div> <div> as Barbara Smith</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="199e9edc0.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="220" ALT="James Sikking in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> James Sikking</div> <div> as the Doctor</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19b595dc0.jpg" border=0 width="149" height="220" ALT="Judy Pace in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Judy Pace as</div> <div> the Nurse</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="176f9bdc0.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="220" ALT="Jack Krupnick in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jack Krupnick as</div> <div> the Henchman</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Next Episode:  <A HREF="hangdownyourheadlaugh.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hang Down Your Head And Laugh">Hang Down Your Head And Laugh</A> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0dc96450.png" border=0 width="150" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>