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Death Car on the Freeway (1979) (TV)
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25 September 1979 (USA) morePlot:
A woman is badly shaken when she is run off the freeway and nearly killed by a crazy van-driver. Her... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Pretty good moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Shelley Hack | ... | Janette Clausen | |
| George Hamilton | ... | Ray Jeffries | |
| Frank Gorshin | ... | Ralph Chandler | |
| Peter Graves | ... | Lieutenant Haller | |
| Harriet Hilliard | ... | Mrs. Sheel (as Harriet Nelson) | |
| Barbara Rush | ... | Rosemary | |
| Dinah Shore | ... | Lynn Bernheimer | |
| Abe Vigoda | ... | Mr. Frisch | |
| Alfie Wise | ... | Ace Durham | |
| Tara Buckman | ... | Jane Guston | |
| Morgan Brittany | ... | Becky Lyons | |
| Robert F. Lyons | ... | Barry Hill | |
| Nancy Stephens | ... | Christine | |
| Gloria Stroock | ... | Dr. Rita Glass | |
| Hal Needham | ... | Mr. Blanchard, The Driving Instructor |
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Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Look at that title, that plot and that cast, and what do you get? Definitely a 70's TV-movie. And it's really not a bad one at that. For car fans there's a lot of cool old cars to look at and some decent crashes. It definitely borrows from "Duel" (one of the immensely overrated Spielberg's only decent films) but manages to come up with a fresh take on it. The best thing about this movie is that the action is for real, back in the days when movie-making was real blood and sweat, instead of the computer crap we see today. When these cars crash, you can see where if something went wrong, there would have been more trouble on the set. But that's real movie making, not drawing cartoons on a computer.
This movie definitely has the odd tricks and turns a lot of tv-movies did from the day, and still sometimes do. But given the era and the plot, that only adds to the fun. Definitely a good choice if you can find this one.