
Run for Your Life
2014-10-04 · 85 min · ★ 6.1
Journalist Meredith Redmond is a battered Canadian woman who flees Canada to escape her abusive husband, Robert. She settles in Seattle, but her now-remarried ex-husband eventually finds her. To protect her two children, she must choose between killing him herself, hiring someone to kill him, or disappearing with her children and assuming new identities. Based on a true story.
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- Directors
- Michael M. Scott
- Production companies
- Side Street Post, Running Road Productions, Front Street Productions, Anne Carlucci Productions, Lifetime
- Countries
- Canada, United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Amy SmartMeredith Redmond
Mark HumphreyRobert Redmond
Lochlyn MunroNeal
Aislyn WatsonAmanda Redmond
Genea CharpentierIsabel Redmond
Patricia HarrasSylvia
Jason SchombingDetective Kendrich
Tom McBeathKevin Barker
Lisa DuruptAnnabelle Redmond
Serge HoudeTyler Stone
Brendan TaylorUncle Tim
Judith MaxieBetty
Lucas WolfPrison Guard
Iris PalulyPrincipal Swenson
Bronwen SmithTammy
Ken Camroux-TaylorJudge
Mig MacarioJury Foreperson
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