Eric Roberts (Star 80, Pope of Greenwich Village, Coca cola Kid) as Buck McGeehy, an excitable, lovable, dependable prison boxer. Finally, John P. Ryan (Breathless, The Right Stuff, Simon and Simon), plays Warden Ranken.
Manny is hardened criminal doing hard time in a prison that is loosely run. For the past few years, the warden has had his cell door welded shut. He is a hero and legend to a population who knows the warden is totally unjust in his treatment of this righteous prison dude.
McGeehy is a prison boxing champ and "Manny groupie who will do anything he can for his hero. This includes helping him escape.
They head out into the frozen Alaskan interior seeking freedom. They think they've found it on a runaway train. Throughout the journey old 70's stars make appearances and new 80's stars are born as the story develops and the cast appears.
The actual trailer should run this way. "In a world where Rebecca De Mornay, is a plain Jane, Jon Voight is a buff tough guy, and Eric Roberts can beat up Danny Trejo..." and end it there. This movie is surreal in that respect, beating all these stars' stereo typed roles.
Runaway Train is a must see 80's movie. It's got the music, the prison hype and riots, the comedy relief, and Nintendo and Commodore 64 type computers we've come to know and love.
It is rated R for gnarly language and tons of it.
