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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Brolin | ... | Wade Parent | |
| Kathleen Lloyd | ... | Lauren | |
| John Marley | ... | Everett | |
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Amos | |
| John Rubinstein | ... | John Morris | |
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Elizabeth Thompson | ... | Margie |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Ray Mott | |
| Kim Richards | ... | Lynn Marie | |
| Kyle Richards | ... | Debbie | |
| Kate Murtagh | ... | Miss McDonald | |
| Robert Phillips | ... | Metcalf | |
| Doris Dowling | ... | Bertha | |
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Henry O'Brien | ... | Chas |
| Eddie Little Sky | ... | Denson | |
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Lee McLaughlin | ... | Marvin Fats |
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Near the small desert town of Santa Ynez, a mysterious black car runs down two teenage bicyclers en route to camp, then it hit-and-runs a hitchhiker with local Amos Clements as witness. Sheriff Everett puts his men on alert and plants road blocks in the area to arrest the murderer, but soon he himself falls victim to the car. Sheriff Wade Parent leads the hunt for the vehicle that threatens their town and seems impossible to locate. When his beloved girlfriend, teacher Lauren Humphries, challenges the driver in a cemetery, the car hunts her in her home. Wade realizes he might be dealing with supernatural powers. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / revised by statmanjeff
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What evil drives... The Car See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 May 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Wheels See more »Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Major stunts in the movie included a stuntman's first-time ever jump, a 196 ft fall from a bridge and a "barrel role" by "the car" over two other vehicles. See more »Goofs
At the start of the film Wade delivers an intelligible line while brushing his teeth vigorously. This is of course impossible and the line was obviously dubbed with much milder mangling. See more »Alternate Versions
The NBC TV version of this film was heavily edited for violent content. In particular, the scene where the Car goes into a barrel roll over the two oncoming police cars was totally removed, leaving the first time viewer with a major continuity problem. Other parts removed included the quick scene where the hitchhiker is shown being thrown through the air after being hit by the Car and later on, the Car blasting through the front window of the house is slightly altered. See more »On IMDb TV, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
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I think those who are slamming this film are missing the point. The dialog does tend to be dull, and the characters are often uninteresting, if not one-dimensional. There is no explanation for where the car came from, where it goes, and who or what it is.
Welcome to real life.
If you're looking for a well-thought-out story with highly-developed characters, and a movie where everything that happens is explained and wrapped up at the end, this is the wrong movie.
If you're looking for a movie that at times feels like a cross between a news report and a diary, this is the one.
The unpredictability of the car, the unexplainability of its actions, the normalcy of the people in the movie all make a rather unbelievable story, well... believable.
And I LOVED the ending. I wish they had made a "Car II: the devil takes Manhattan." :)
Blair Witch Project takes shaky camcorder scenes about a witch we never see and spends the entire show having the characters scream and cuss at each other. It is a hit.
The Car combines beautiful cinematography, a logical progression of events, and gets you involved trying to figure out how to stop this monster. It is ridiculed as "70s trash."
Rent this film, & you decide who is right!