Running (1979): Cast, Box Office & Plot

** His marriage has fallen apart and his wife Susan Anspach is pushing for a divorce, while he battles unemployment and the cold, relentless pressure of a bureaucratic unemployment office. On top of that, his coach—Lawrence Dane in the role of Coach Walker—is wary about endorsing him for the Games. Andropolis is a fighter by nature, but his own temperament keeps tripping him up: his tendency to push with ferocious speed at the start drains the stamina he’ll need in the final minutes, leaving him to dwell in the shadow of early leads rather than seal a victory. He battles not just opponents on the track, but a system that seems to be weighing him down just as much as his competitors weigh him down.