The Run

1979 - The federal government has effectively wiped out the salmon fishing industry of the Pacific Northwest. Ed York, former Vietnam-era Marine, is a troll fisherman; he catches salmon with hook and line. The U.S. government has ruled that Indians of the Pacific Northwest were entitled to harvest one-half of all salmon caught in the region. Enforcing the closure dictum, the U.S. Coast Guard patrols the region warning other fishermen to stay out of the area. In order to survive financially, Ed and his deckhand are forced to run 200 or more miles offshore to try and catch tuna. In so doing, they become entangled in an international struggle with a disabled Russian whaler, the morally- required rescue of a fugitive Czech who has jumped ship attempting to escape the brutal domination of his military superiors, and the heroically-manned rescue Coast Guard choppers finally sent to intervene before the whaler gunboats destroy Ed's boat – and his life. Death, suspense, and heroism between skilled and brave combatants, mark this sometimes fog-shrouded and painful infant war before the surprising conclusion.