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Death Car on the Freeway | |
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Genre | Mystery Thriller |
Written by | William Wood |
Directed by | Hal Needham |
Starring | Shelley Hack George Hamilton |
Music by | Richard Markowitz |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Stanley Shpetner |
Production location | Los Angeles |
Cinematography | Bobby Byrne |
Editor | Frank Morriss |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Production company | The Shpetner Company |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 25, 1979 |
Death Car on the Freeway is a 1979 American made-for-television crime thriller film starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel , this tells the story of an unseen driver who is dubbed "The Freeway Fiddler".
The cast features several TV veterans, including George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Dinah Shore, Harriet Nelson, Barbara Rush and Abe Vigoda. Director Hal Needham appears in a supporting role. The face of The Freeway Fiddler is never shown, and none of the stunt drivers who portrayed him are credited for the role. Death Car on the Freeway first aired on CBS television on September 25, 1979 (presented as the CBS Tuesday Night Movie).
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Janette Clausen is a television reporter investigating a series of freeway murders involving a psychopathic van driver who is deliberately targeting and killing female motorists by crashing into their cars. She pieces together clues while continuously facing opposition from those around her.