Running Man may refer to:
Literature
* ''The Running Man'', a 1963 novel by Joan Carol Holly under the pseudonym
J. Hunter Holly
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''The Running Man'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman
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''The Running Man'' (Bauer novel), by Michael Gerard Bauer
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"The Running Man" (short story), by Bill Pronzini
* ''Running Man'', a musical by Cornelius Eady and
Diedre Murray
Diedre Murray is an American cellist and composer specializing in jazz and musical theater. She also works as a record producer and curator.
As a performer she has worked with Leroy Jenkins, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Henry Threadgill, Muha ...
Film and television
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''The Running Man'' (1963 film), a British drama
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''The Running Man'' (1981 film), a Canadian television film
* ''Running Man'', working title for the Australian film released as ''
The City's Edge
''The City's Edge'' is a 1983 Australian film co-written by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt.
Plot
Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict.
Cast
* Tommy Lewis
* Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving ...
'' (1983)
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''The Running Man'' (1987 film), an American dystopian action film loosely based on the Stephen King novel
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''Running Man'' (2013 film), a 2013 South Korean film
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''Running Man'' (2015 film), a 2015 Chinese film
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''Running Man'' (South Korean TV series), a South Korean variety show (since 2010)
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''Running Man'' (Philippine TV series), an upcoming spin-off of the South Korean variety show
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''Running Man'' (Taiwanese TV series), a Taiwanese television series
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''Keep Running'' (TV series), a Chinese variety show, previously called ''Running Man'' (2017)
* "Running Man", a segment of the 1987 anime anthology film ''
Neo Tokyo''
Other uses
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Running man (dance)
The running man is a street dance, consisting of "shuffling" and sliding steps, imitating a stationary runner. The dancer takes steps forward, then slides the foot placed in front backwards almost immediately, while moving their fists forwards a ...
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''The Running Man'' (video game), a 1989 game based on the 1987 film
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Robert Garside
Robert Garside (born 6 January 1967), calling himself The Runningman, is a British runner who is credited by Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. Garside began his record-setting run following two aborted attemp ...
(born 1967), the first person to run around the world, uses the alias "the Runningman"
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Barred lambda
The barred lambda ƛ, (in Unicode ), also called running man,
(strictly speaking, this refers to the glottalized version, ) is a mo ...
, a symbol used in phonetic notation
* The Running Man Nebula, a reflection nebula embedded in
Sh2-279
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* "Running Man", a song by Hanson on the album ''
The Walk''
* "Running Man", a song by Al Stewart on the album ''
24 Carrots''
* A standard symbol used on an
exit sign
An exit sign is a pictogram or short text in a public facility (such as a building, aircraft, or boat) denoting the location of the closest emergency exit to be used in case of fire or other emergency that requires rapid evacuation. Most rele ...
* Another word for a "
bagman
The term bagman (or bag man) has different meanings in different countries.
One group of definitions centers on the idea of traveling. In British usage, "bagman" is a term for a traveling salesman, first known from 1808.
In Australian usage, ...
" in organized crime
* The
Glico man, a famous advertisement in Osaka, Japan
* The "Running Man" semigraphics characters from Apple's
MouseText
MouseText is a set of 32 graphical characters designed by Bruce Tognazzini and first implemented in the Apple IIc. They were then retrofitted to the Apple IIe forming part of the Enhanced IIe upgrade. A slightly revised version was then released w ...
, Unicode points U+1FBB2 and U+1FBB3
* "Running Man" Mascot of
AIM
See also
* ''
Man on the Run
''Man on the Run'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey.
Plot
An army deserter, still a fugitive in post-war Britain, wanders i ...
''
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Fugitive
A fugitive (or runaway) is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from jail, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. A fugitive from justice, also known ...
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Moonwalk (dance)
The moonwalk or backslide is a dance move in which the performer glides backwards but their body actions suggest forward motion. The moonwalk is a popping move. It became popular around the world following Michael Jackson's moonwalk during the per ...
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