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Writers:
Tommy Cook (story)
Sanford Sheldon (screen story) ...
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Release Date:
17 June 1977 (USA) more
Tagline:
You are in a race against time...and terror. You are pursuing a nameless, faceless man through America's greatest amusement parks...and, for the first time, you are experiencing the most sensational rides of our time, IN SENSURROUND more
Plot:
The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing... more | add synopsis
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Rip Robert Quarry (1925-2009)
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Excellent Suspense Drama, more (62 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | George Segal | ... | Harry Calder |
 | Richard Widmark | ... | Agent Hoyt |
 | Timothy Bottoms | ... | Young Man |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | Simon Davenport |
 | Harry Guardino | ... | Keefer |
| Susan Strasberg | ... | Fran |
 | Helen Hunt | ... | Tracy Calder |
 | Dorothy Tristan | ... | Helen |
| Harry Davis | ... | Benny |
| Stephen Pearlman | ... | Lyons |
| G.F. Rowe | ... | Wayne Moore (as Gerald Rowe) |
| Wayne Tippit | ... | Police Captain Christie |
| Michael Bell | ... | Demerest |
| Charlie Tuna | ... | Rock Concert MC |
| Lonny Stevens | ... | Federal Agent #1 |
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Runtime:
119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Kings Dominion - 16000 Theme Park Way, Doswell, Virginia, USA more
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In the accompanying film tie-in novel "Death Ride" by Burton Wohl, the bomber is given the name Eddie Parnassus. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The last portion of the movie at Magic Mountain is depicted as taking place on July 4th but in fact it's easy to tell the filming was done during the winter months. The trees in the park are all dormant. more
Quotes:
Young Man:
[after the young man tells Harry he is holding the bomb] Do I have your full attention?
Harry Calder:
Screw you!
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Big Boy more
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Unforgettable Suspense, drama which opens with a terrifying Scene Of a derailment of a roller-coaster which is no accident, It's the work of an unstable extremist(Timothy Bottoms),who is an electronics expert, His sole purpose is to Blackmail $1 million from a group of amusement park owners.
George Segal, plays Harry Caulder, a likable safety inspector Who becomes Involved in the increasingly Tense, attempts to track down The saboteur,Richard Widmark plays a tough federal agent on the case, There is an extended cameo of sorts, by Henry Fonda Who plays Segals Boss, Roller-coaster has an excellent script by Richard Levinson &William Link. who have written episodes of Colombo,
Roller-coaster is a film first, Iam sure it was the first film to Feature a lot of early Steadicam work which admirably works well in the the opening and climax,
It also marks the debut Of Helen Hunt,A young Steve Guttenburg has a walk on part (Check out his afro! From its terrifying opening, to the tension filled finale Roller-coaster 'will have you on the edge of your seat!