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Roadgames (original title)
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A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia begins to suspect that a man driving a green van is killing young women along his route, which evolves into a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
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Pat Quid
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Hitch
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Frita
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Smith or Jones
Thaddeus Smith ...
Police
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Police (as Stephen Millichamp)
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Lester
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Benny Balls
Bill Stacey ...
Captain Careful
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Sneezy Rider
Ed Turley ...
Roadhouse Proprietor
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Hitchhiker (as Angie La Bozzetta)
Colin Vancao ...
Fred Frugal
Paul Harris ...
Frugal Child
Rochelle Harris ...
Frugal Child
Tony Bishop ...
Honeymooner
Abbe Holmes ...
Honeymooner
Carole-Ann Aylett ...
Cleaning Lady (as Carol Ann Aylett)
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Boswell
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Les James ...
Mechanic tending to alarm (uncredited)
Tom Ryan ...
Jackaroo (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard Franklin

Written by

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Everett De Roche ... (screenplay)
 
Everett De Roche ... (original story) and
Richard Franklin ... (original story)

Produced by

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Richard Franklin ... producer
Bernard Schwartz ... executive producer
Barbi Taylor ... co-producer

Music by

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Brian May

Cinematography by

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Vincent Monton ... director of photography

Editing by

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Edward McQueen-Mason

Editorial Department

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Margaret Cardin ... laboratory staff: Colorfilm
Bill Gooley ... laboratory staff: Colorfilm
Peter McBain ... dailies projectionist

Production Design by

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Jon Dowding

Art Direction by

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Jon Dowding

Set Decoration by

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Jill Eden

Costume Design by

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Aphrodite Kondos

Makeup Department

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Lois Hohenfels ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Barbara Gibbs ... production manager
Greg Ricketson ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tom Burstall ... assistant director
Robert Kewley ... assistant director
James Parker ... assistant director

Art Department

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Ken Hazelwood ... constructor
Nick Hepworth ... properties
Geoff Richardson ... constructor
Harry Zettel ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Lon Bender ... sound editor (as Lon E. Bender)
Paul Clark ... sound
Robert W. Glass Jr. ... re-recording mixer (as Robert W. Glass Jnr.)
Louise Johnson ... sound editor
Andrew London ... supervising sound editor: wallaWorks
Ray Phillips ... sound (as Raymond Phillips)
Robert Thirlwell ... re-recording mixer (as Robert M. Thirlwell)
John Wilkinson ... re-recording mixer (as John Keene Wilkinson)

Visual Effects by

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Roger Cowland ... visual effects
Jack Endacott ... process operator
Bill Hansard ... process photography
Richard Wilmot ... optical effects printer (uncredited)

Stunts

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Grant Page ... stunt coordinator
Tom Glass ... truck action (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Karel Akkerman ... grip (as Karel Ackerman)
Daryl Binning ... electrician (as Darryl Binnings)
David Brostoff ... camera assistant
Phil Cross ... camera assistant (as Phillip Cross)
Tony Holtham ... electrician
Louis Irving ... camera operator / photographer: second unit
Eric Lomas ... photographer: second unit
Graeme Mardell ... grip (as Graham Mardell)
Jim Townley ... still photographer
Greg Wallace ... grip
Colin Williams ... electrician
Suzy Wood ... still photographer
Jamie Leckie ... grip assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

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Helen Liston ... location manager

Music Department

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Brian May ... conductor
Philip Powers ... Soundtrack Album Producer
Ross Cockle ... music score engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Anne McLeod ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Tim McMahon ... transportation
Rob Rigon ... transportation
Steve Wells ... transportation

Additional Crew

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Billy Baxter ... production assistant
Heath Harris ... technical advisor
Warwick Ross ... production assistant
Helen Watts ... production secretary

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Pat Quid is driving a semi across Australia. On the way he encounters various other travellers and the occasional hitchhikers repeatedly as they're traveling the same road. A favorite pastime of Pat is to play games to pass the time on the journey (such as to make up backgrounds of the other people on the road). Pamela is one hitchhiker he picks up. But when she disappears, he suspects that the driver of a van who has been acting a little strange (Smith or Jones), may be the serial killer mentioned on the radio. But his pursuit of the van driver brings him to the attention of the police, who begin to suspect him. Written by Brian W Martz

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Taglines The truck driver plays games... The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Road Games (United States)
  • Truck Driver (India, English title)
  • Road Games (Canada, English title)
  • Road Games (World-wide, English title)
  • Déviation mortelle (France)
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Runtime
  • 101 min
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Box Office

Budget AUD1,750,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $114,915

Did You Know?

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Trivia Stacy Keach learned to drive a 16-gear semi truck in just two days for the role of Quid. He drove the truck about 1,600 miles during the production. See more »
Goofs Quid says dingoes don't bark which is not true. (As it turns out, his dog, Bosworth, isn't a dingo, so he's even wrong about that.) See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Roadgames: A Lecture by Richard Franklin, Barbi Taylor and Brian May (1981). See more »
Crazy Credits The closing credits roll over the image of the words 'tomorrow's bacon' written on the back of Quid's trailer. See more »
Quotes Patrick 'Pat' Quid: Madam, just because I drive a truck does not make me a truck driver.
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