Run, Simon, Run

Simon Zuniga, a Papago man, is struck by Carroll Rennard's car while he is running down the road after being released from prison. She drives him to the reservation, where she also works. There as he sleeps on his brother's grave, he dreams about the night that his brother was shot by Henry Burroughs and how Henry framed him for the murder.

Simon is informed that he is to take over as head of the tribal council. When girls are brought out at a public event to perform a "Dance of the 20 Virgins", Simon leads a protest by standing and covering his eyes, causing the girls to leave in embarrassment.

Simon later overhears Santana mention Burroughs and learns that Henry is still alive. Now free and stronger than ever, Simon seeks revenge on Henry by breaking into his old home but only finds new renters. He is arrested and Carroll pays his bail. She drives him to Tucson and hires Cesar Rosetti, a private detective.

Simon and Carroll become romantically involved and she holds a party for him to meet her friends. They ask him to do a rain dance but he says that he doesn't need rain. Carroll confesses to a friend that she is pregnant with Simon's child.

Rosetti tells Simon that Burroughs moved around from Albuquerque to Phoenix but is now living under the name Henry Bagley and is currently fishing nearby. Simon finds the house then waits until dark and sneaks inside. He ties up Henry and carries him outside then waits for sunrise. He cuts Henry loose and says that he will kill Henry with the dagger he places in the ground. Henry grabs the knife first and after a battle Simon gets the knife and stabs Henry in the stomach but is then shot by the other men from the house. Carroll makes her way to a road and convinces a bus reserved for the tribe to take her back to the reservation with them.

• Burt Reynolds as Simon Zuniga
• Inger Stevens as Carroll Rennard
• Royal Dano as Sheriff Tacksberry
• James Best as Henry Burroughs
• Rodolfo Acosta as Manuel
• Don Dubbins as Freddie Tomb
• Joyce Jameson as Esther
• Barney Phillips as Cesar Rosetti
• Herman Rudin as Asa
• Eddie Little Sky as Santana
• Ken Lynch as Warden Lomis
• Rosemary Eliot as Marilyn
• Marsha Moode as Helen Polino
• Martin G. Soto as Ignacio

Reynolds starring role in Run, Simon, Run followed another TV movie, Hunters Are for Killing (1970).

It was shot in Tucson in February and March 1970.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

It was the fifth highest-rated program of the week.{{Cite news|title=5 specials on nielsen list. |date=Dec 18, 1970|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|156625092}}}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180410203514/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b764c5977 Run, Simon Run] at BFI

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Category:1970 television films

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Category:Films about Native Americans

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Category:American thriller television films

Category:1970s American films