The Runaways

This article is about the TV movie. For the Super Friends episode, see The Runaways (Super Friends).

The Runaways
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Release date	March 27, 1974
Run time	60 minutes
Starring	Belinda Balaski Claudio Martinez
Producer(s)	Bill A. Schwartz
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Clyde Ware
Director(s)	John Florea
Title card

The Runaways is an American live-action drama television movie. It aired on March 27, 1974 on ABC for its Afterschool Special presentation. It was written by Clyde Ware, produced by Bill A. Schwartz, and directed by John Florea.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Cindy Britton	Belinda Balaski
Freddie Britton	Moosie Drier
Bus driver	Biff Elliot
Auto driver	Norman Alden
Lew Ayres
George	Unavailable
David	Unavailable
Richard Nixon (indirectly)
God
Francis	Claudio Martinez
Louise Britton	Patricia Blair
John Turner	Anthony Eisley
Lieutenant Simpson	Hal Bokar
Connie's father
Cop	Skip Reilly
Hawk	Unavailable
Doctor	Unavailable

Organizations

• Burbank Police Department (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Burbank
      • Los Angeles
        • Hollywood
          • Hollywood Walk of Fame
          • George's Famous Doubleburgers
      • Yosemite National Park (photo)
    • Boston (mentioned)
    • San Francisco (mentioned)
    • Minnesota (mentioned)

Objects

• Cindy's insulin

Vehicles

• Bus
• Police car

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1974.

Music

The music was composed and directed by Hoyt Curtin, according to the credits.

Crew credits

• Executive producers: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
• Director of photography: Jab Gholson
• Assistants to the producer: Jerry Kisker, John Marwick
• Film editors: Stanley Rabjohn, Tony Mora
• Assistant director: Bob Beche
• Sound engineer: George Maly
• Costumer: Charlie James
• Makeup artist: Don Schoenfeld
• Script supervisor: Joe Gannon
• Titles artist: Iraj Paran

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 27, 1974 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Cindy's star sign is Capricorn, meaning she was born between December 22 to January 19.
• Vitina's star sign is Gemini, meaning she was born between May 21 to June 21.

Errors

• When Cindy steps off the bus at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two pedestrians look legitimately surprised to be in front of the camera, both of them staring at the camera for a few seconds.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢