The pilot for Run for Your Life, broadcast as an episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre. Although Bryan's doctor gave him no more than 18 months to live, the series ran for three seasons, with 86 hour-long episodes, all filmed in color.Įpisodes Pilot ( Kraft Suspense Theatre, 1965) Near the beginning of that episode, the audience actually sees the conversation between Bryan and his doctor, which is heard only in voice-over in subsequent episodes of Run For Your Life. Well received, the show became a series that September. Gazzara originated the character of Paul Bryan on Kraft Suspense Theatre, in the episode 'Rapture at Two-Forty,' which aired on April 15, 1965, and served as the show's pilot. Much like Route 66, each episode features the main character on the move, encountering new people in new situations. When his doctor tells him he will die in no less than 9 months, but in no more than 18 months, he decides to do all the things for which he had never had the time-to squeeze 30 years of living into one or two years of life. Premise īen Gazzara played attorney Paul Bryan.
Synopsis Gazzara as Paul Bryan with guest star Joan Collins. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the 'man on the move' concept with The Fugitive. Run for Your Life is an American television drama television series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live.
