CELEBRATING 70 YEARS! : RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - 'THE BORDER OF BARBARISM ' .. UNIVERSAL .. USA .. 1966 ..

       Universal Presents

Ben Gazzara as Paul Bryan

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RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

Season 2 -Episode 3 : The Borders Of Barbarism

Guest Starring

Joan Collins as Gillian Wales

 Alf Kjellin as Josep Rustic 

 Reginald Owen as Sir Hillary Cooper  

 Joseph Sirola as Vilovic 

 Jack Goode as Sidney Cruishank 

Stephen McNally as Mike Allen

George Perina as Karl Janka 

Don Knight as Bartender 

Gabriel Curtiz as Old Pheasant 

Lawrence Montaigne as George Woodstock

Peter Forster as Henry Laudermilk

Jane Betts as Woman Border Guard

Alex Rodine as Yugoslav Policeman

Directed by Richard Benedict

(c) 1966 Universal Studios ..

        Joan guest starred in this episode entitled "The Borders Of Barbarism - (Outside it's Death).. She plays Gillian Wales, whose late father was associated with Yugoslavian Partisans during World War 2.. Paul is asked by  intelligence agent Mike Allen (Stephen McNally) to escort Gillian (Joan) to Yugoslavia to try and find out valuable information about the cold war from her late fathers friends, residing there..But danger lies in store for both of them!   

                    Ben Gazzara stars in this weekly series for Universal as Paul Bryan, a successful lawyer who is told by his Doctor that he has a form of leukemia and has two years to live. Paul decides to make the best of his time and do all the things he ever wanted to do. This forms the scenario of the show as he sets of on a series of adventures, meeting a variety of characters along the way.. The series began in
1965 and ran for three seasons until 1968 over 86 episodes..

                                       

Although it was popular series in its day, it has not been seen much since and the series is not available on dvd as yet.. Considering all the rubbish available, it's long overdue..