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Where was Runaway Train filmed?

1985 film, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.

  • Alaska

The story is set in Alaska, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Alaska
Filmed in
Alaska

About Runaway Train

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Released
1985
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast
Jon VoightEric RobertsRebecca De MornayKyle T. HeffnerJohn P. RyanEdward BunkerKenneth McMillanHank WordenTommy Lister Jr.
Genre
ActionThrillerSurvivalDramaPrison
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The story

Oscar "Manny" Manheim is a bank robber and hero to the convicts of Alaska's Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison.

Manny recruits young prisoner Buck McGeehy to help in the plan.

Barstow allows the train to reach the mainline while trying to keep the tracks farther down the line clear.

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