- HD 1080
- Runtime: 100m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Michael Crichton
- Stars: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw
- keywords: future, chase, technology, revenge, murder, conspiracy, robot, explosion
- Production_studio: TriStar Pictures
- Slogan: IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.
- The Runaway is featured in the top rankings of 1984
- #34 in Top Crime Movies of 1984
- #37 in Top Thriller Movies of 1984
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.