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But soon, he's on the run — not only from the authorities and his treacherous ex-clients, but also from a crime syndicate seeking revenge for an earlier hit on one of theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRun Like Crazy, Run Like Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, philanthropist Michael Hartog hires Julie, just out of a psychiatric asylum, as a nanny. But he plans to fake the kidnapping of his son, Peter — and frame Julie for it. 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