Running Against Time is a 1990 American science fiction television film directed by Bruce Seth Green, written by Stanley Shapiro and Robert Glass, and starring Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, and Sam Wanamaker. Based on Shapiro's 1986 novel A Time to Remember, the film is about a college professor who travels back in time in an attempt to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was Shapiro's final work; it aired on the USA Network on November 21, 1990, four months after his death, and was dedicated to his memory.
Plot
A college professor, who has not recovered after the death of his brother in Vietnam, hears rumors about a famous professor working on a time machine. He meets him and persuades the professor to send him back in time in order to stop the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Vietnam War, but things don't go according to plan.
Cast
Robert Hays as David Rhodes
Catherine Hicks as Laura Whittaker
Sam Wanamaker as Hendryk Koopman, Ph.D. Wayne Tippit as FBI Agent Landry James DiStefano as Lee Harvey Oswald Paul Scherrer as Chris Rhodes Brian Smiar as President Lyndon B. Johnson Milt Tarver as FBI Agent Clemens Russ Marin as Chris's Doctor Julie Ariola as Mrs. Rhodes Duncan Gamble as Mr. Rhodes Damion Stevens as Young David Michael Whaley as Security Guard
Reception
Ken Tucker, writing for Entertainment Weekly called the movie "simultaneously solemn and wacky" but "not without charm". The LA Times compared it unfavorably to the Back to the Future films.
Years later, the similarities and differences with Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 and its TV adaptation, were referenced by critics.
See also
Assassination of John F. Kennedy in popular culture
References
External links
1990 television films
1990 films
1990 science fiction films
1990s American films
1990s English-language films
American science fiction television films
Cultural depictions of Lee Harvey Oswald
Cultural depictions of Jack Ruby
English-language science fiction films
Vietnam War films
Films about the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Films about time travel
Films based on American novels
Films based on science fiction novels
Films scored by Don Davis (composer) Television films based on books Time travel in television USA Network original films