Bakersfield

Bakersfield is a city in Southern California. It is located in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley.

Bakersfield played a small yet vital role in the 1987 film The Running Man. In the film, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Ben Richards, a military helicopter pilot from the year 2017 who is framed for a savage massacre committed in Bakersfield - one that he was actually trying to prevent. Imprisoned, Richards is forced to participate in a ruthless game show called "The Running Man", in which he is billed as the "Butcher of Bakersfield".

Bakersfield is also the birth place of actor/stunt performer Derek Mears. Derek Mears has appeared in several films and television episodes including, The Demolitionist, Men in Black II and Predators.

Films that take place in

 * The Running Man (1987)

Characters from

 * Ben Richards

People who were born in

 * Derek Mears