Carpool (1983 film)

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Carpool
GenreAction
Comedy
Directed by E. W. Swackhamer
Starring Ernest Borgnine
Harvey Korman
Peter Scolari
T. K. Carter
Stephanie Faracy
Theme music composer Jimmie Haskell
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Charles W. Fries
ProducersCarole Cherry
Stanley Z. Cherry
CinematographyDennis Dalzell
EditorGloryette Clark
Running time100 minutes
Production company Charles Fries Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseOctober 5, 1983 (1983-10-05)

Carpool is a 1983 made-for-television film directed by E. W. Swackhamer. [1]

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Plot

With carpools being assigned by computer, four partners – a call center employee (Harvey Korman), a nun turned college student (Stephanie Faracy), an actor (Peter Scolari) and a boxer (TK Carter) – form into a carpool which comes into possession of a million dollars that has fallen off an armored car. An ex-policeman has his eyes on the loot as well, and the chase is on.

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