De zwaar bewaakte gedetineerde Manny ontsnapt samen met broekie Buck uit de gevangenis en weet op een goederentrein te stappen. Hun problemen zijn allesbehalve de wereld uit als blijkt dat de trein stuurloos door dendert en de sadistische gevangenisdirecteur Ranken per helikopter nadert.
Nee, helaas is Runaway Train nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Andrei Konchalovsky | Director |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alan Hume | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Henry Richardson | Editor |
| Sound | Trevor Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Djordje Milicevic | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paul Zindel | Screenplay |
| Production | Yoram Globus | Producer |
| Production | Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Production | Robert A. Goldston | Executive Producer |
| Production | Henry T. Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Whitmore | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jim Roddan | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Keith Corder | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Duhame | Stunts |
| Crew | John Casino | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Durock | Stunts |
| Crew | Carl Ciarfalio | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hicks | Stunts |
| Crew | Terry Jackson | Stunts |
| Crew | Stefan Gudju | Stunts |
| Crew | Jean Malahni | Stunts |
| Crew | Russell Solberg | Stunts |
| Crew | John-Clay Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Terhune | Stunts |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Original Film Writer |
| Art | Joseph T. Garrity | Art Direction |
| Art | Stephen Marsh | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katherine Dover | Costume Design |
| Art | Anne Kuljian | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lilly Benyair-Gart | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moni Mansano | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moni Mansano | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Mansano | Hairstylist |
| Production | Sue Baden-Powell | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Directing | Jack Cummins | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Max Kleven | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Nancy King | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Keith Richins | Special Effects |
| Crew | Rick Josephsen | Special Effects |
| Camera | Don Burgess | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mike Frift | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Soren Jensen | Stunts |
