Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
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Former stuntman Hal Needham employed several of his old professional comrades in his made-for-TV Death Car on the Freeway. Shelley Hack plays a TV reporter investigating a series of freeway murders. Some demented van driver is swerving around and about, killing female motorists. This being Los Angeles, Shelley has at least a million suspects-daily-to choose from. This otherwise standard thriller is pepped up by the presence of several TV veterans, including George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Dinah Shore, Harriet Nelson, BarbaraRush and Abe Vigoda. Director Needham also turns up in a cute supporting role. Death Car on the Freeway first aired September 25, 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Hal Needham
Synopsis of Death Car on the Freeway
Former stuntman Hal Needham employed several of his old professional comrades in his made-for-TV Death Car on the Freeway. Shelley Hack plays a TV reporter investigating a series of freeway murders. Some demented van driver is swerving around and about, killing female motorists. This being Los Angeles, Shelley has at least a million suspects-daily-to choose from. This otherwise standard thriller is pepped up by the presence of several TV veterans, including George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Dinah Shore, Harriet Nelson, BarbaraRush and Abe Vigoda. Director Needham also turns up in a cute supporting role. Death Car on the Freeway first aired September 25, 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Death Car on the Freeway
- Abe Vigoda - Mr. Frisch
- Roger Aaron Brown - Eddie
- Barbara Rush - Rosemary
- Frank Gorshin - Ralph Candler
- Shelley Hack - Janette Clausen
- George Hamilton - Ray Jeffries
- Harriet Nelson - Mrs. Sheel
- Nancy Stephens - Christine
- Alfie Wise - Ace Durham
- Morgan Brittany - Becky Lyons
- Tara Buckman - Jane Guston
- Jack Collins - Bobby
- Peter Graves
- Sid Haig - Maurie
- Robert F. Lyons - Barry Hill
- Dinah Shore - Lynn Bernheimer
- Gloria Stroock - Dr. Rita Glass
- Hal Needham - Bianchard
- Director(s):
- Hal Needham
- Writer(s):
- William Wood
- Producer(s):
- Stanley Shpetner
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