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Run for Your Life: Season 1

30 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1965 Updated Jul 18, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S1·E1 Mytharc

The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan

Sep 13, 1965 · 60 min

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

S1·E2 Core

The Girl Next Door Is a Spy

Sep 20, 1965 · 60 min

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.

S1·E3 Core

Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful

Sep 27, 1965 · 60 min

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

S1·E4 Core

How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit

Oct 1, 1965 · 60 min

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

S1·E5 Core

Never Pick Up a Stranger

Oct 8, 1965 · 60 min

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

S1·E6 Core

Our Man in Limbo

Oct 22, 1965 · 60 min

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. W

S1·E7 Core

Where Mystery Begins

Oct 29, 1965 · 60 min

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'

S1·E8 Core

The Savage Season

Nov 8, 1965 · 60 min

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 h

S1·E9 Core

This Town for Sale

Nov 15, 1965 · 60 min

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 alterc

S1·E10 Core

A Girl Named Sorrow

Nov 22, 1965 · 60 min

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 des

S1·E11 Core

The Voice of Gina Milan

Nov 29, 1965 · 60 min

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.

S1·E12 Core

The Time of the Sharks

Dec 6, 1965 · 60 min

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 youn

S1·E13 Core

Make the Angels Weep

Dec 13, 1965 · 60 min

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.

S1·E14 Core

Journey into Yesterday

Dec 27, 1965 · 60 min

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 thei

S1·E15 Filler

Strangers at the Door

Jan 3, 1966 · 60 min

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.

S1·E16 Core

Carnival Ends at Midnight

Jan 10, 1966 · 60 min

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 attemp

S1·E17 Core

The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde

Jan 24, 1966 · 60 min

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.

S1·E18 Core

The Night of the Terror

Jan 31, 1966 · 60 min

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) real

S1·E19 Core

Keep My Share of the World

Feb 7, 1966 · 60 min

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 secr

S1·E20 Core

In Search of April

Feb 14, 1966 · 60 min

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 dis

S1·E21 Core

Hoodlums on Wheels

Feb 21, 1966 · 60 min

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.

S1·E22 Core

Who's Watching the Fleshpot?

Mar 7, 1966 · 60 min

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 fo

S1·E23 Core

Sequestro (1)

Mar 14, 1966 · 60 min

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

S1·E24 Core

Sequestro (2)

Mar 21, 1966 · 60 min

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 Sicilia

S1·E25 Core

Don't Count on Tomorrow

Mar 28, 1966 · 60 min

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 P

S1·E26 Core

The Cruel Fountain

Apr 4, 1966 · 60 min

Paul's old friend Clara Mallory (Jan Sterling), whose hands are disabled, becomes interested in the treatment of Belle Frazer (Kathryn Hays) by Dr. Raphael (Murray Hamilton) a supp

S1·E27 Core

Night Train from Chicago

Apr 11, 1966 · 60 min

Paul becomes involved with the mob when he meets Elizabeth (Louise Sorel) on a train, a woman in nun's garb, who suddenly disappears.

S1·E28 Core

The Last Safari

Apr 25, 1966 · 60 min

Paul joins Mark Foster (Leslie Nielsen) on safari in Africa to help his daughter Julie (Lesley-Ann Warren), a patient of his own doctor, come to terms with her terminal diagnosis.

S1·E29 Mytharc

The Savage Machines

May 2, 1966 · 60 min

Pete Gaffney (Jeremy Slate) and Paul form a racing partnership with Clive Darrell (Edward Mulhare), but his wife Rhona (Sally Ann Howes) is sabotaging the car.

S1·E30 Mytharc

The Sadness of a Happy Time

May 16, 1966 · 60 min

When Paul falls hopelessly in love with novelist Nicole Longet (Claudine Longet), he flees, but she interprets his action to mean that he is a spy colleague of Mike Allen (Stephen

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