Detour to Terror (TV 1980)

A homicidal dune-buggy trio terrorizes a busload of Las Vegas bound tourists with the intent to kidnap one of them.

Director:

Michael O'Herlihy

Writers:

Sydney A. Glass (teleplay), Mark Rodgers (teleplay),

Stars:

O.J. Simpson, Randall Carver, Anne Francis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
O.J. Simpson	...	Lee Hayes
Randall Carver	...	Neil
Anne Francis	...	Sheila
Rick Hill	...	Kurt (as Richard Hill)
Kathryn Holcomb	...	Alicia
Arte Johnson	...	Harry Edwards
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Jamie
Gerald S. O'Loughlin	...	Martin Brain
Gloria Lynn Deyer	...	Irene Martin
Pat Keating	...	Joyce Landry
Chris Noel	...	Peggy Cameron (as Chris Noel Hanks)
Phil Mead	...	Finch
Pat Ripley	...	Lenore
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Larry (as Thomas Rosales)
Paula Victor	...	Sarah

Storyline

A homicidal dune-buggy trio terrorizes a busload of Las Vegas bound tourists with the intent to kidnap one of them.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 1980 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Television, Orenthal Productions, Playboy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the passengers buys a shirt that says "Sock it to me!" a line from Laugh-in that also starred Arte Johnson.

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Goofs

Obvious (white) stunt driver when the bus first rides into the desert.

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Quotes

Lee: You got involved with a man with a hole in his middle

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Connections

References Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)

User Reviews

OJ when we still liked him

Oh the good old days, when OJ Simpson was the likable, earnest former football player/Hertz spokesman/terrible actor/producer----oh the good old days.

This movie, made in 1980 and executive produced by Simpson himself is simply awful, he should have stuck to football, this movie SUCKS.

The story of a busload of tourists heading to Las Vegas who get hijacked and left in the middle of the fricking desert is just too awful to describe. The acting is awful, the writing-terrible, the dialogue inane, it is just completely lame. OJ plays the bus driver, who tries to save the passengers. Eerily, Nicole Brown Simpson plays one of the passengers and it is creepy to see her on the screen with Simpson knowing what was to happen to her later.

If this is the only thing on TV playing on the TV late at night, run, don't walk away---it's that bad!!!!!