Unashamedly proud of its tvmovie status, death car on the freeway could teach some bigdollar boxoffice flops a thing or two about simple, tightly written storylines and realistic stunts. We take great care in the creation of your rare dvds for sale so that the content is exactly what you would get from the original studio dvd or the best possible source available. Overview of death car on the freeway, 1979, directed by hal needham, with gloria stroock, alfie wise, abe vigoda, at turner classic movies. Finally, it pushes janes car across the lanes so that another car crashes onto janes and her car is set on fire. Interesting to know, pamela franklin, who you might. Police probing possible costa mesa suicide on 55 freeway.
Death car on the freeway has a ridiculous premise a man in a van drives women off the road in broad daylight and just gets away every timei thought it might be like a situation where were following one woman as she drives and tries to escape the death car but no, he chases women in the double digits. Top 5 weird ww2 german prototypes that actually flew duration. The 400a 16xt105 mta4001 is very usable for city driving in nearly all situations. Beware the fiddler on four wheels in death car on the freeway. A 32yearold garden grove man apparently jumped to his death today from a fourlevel overpass on the orange 57 freeway and landed on the westbound san bernardino 10 freeway in pomona, a. In a plot similar to steven spielbergs 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. Death car on the freeway 1979 09241979 us mystery, thriller, tv movie 1h 31m user score. Read the freeway movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. The movie seduces with its humor, all the while presenting a realized vision of a harsh, absurd world.
Best movies like death car on the freeway bestsimilar. However, there turned out to be three freeway killers who operated independently of each other, but just happened to select similar victims from similar locations. A woman died and two men were injured in a collision on highway 50 thursday afternoon. Freeway is rude in the way the truth is rude only funnier. Yes, final angel shelley hack switches to final girl as a newswoman fighting sexism in the workplace even as a man in a van the freeway fiddler. An unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting female drivers on the freeway. Film festivals, screenplay contests, submissions filmfreeway.
We specialize in offering rare, out of print dvds and movies for sale that you cant find elsewhere at fantastic prices. Death car on the freeway first aired september 25, 1979. Death car on the freeway 1979 directed by hal needham. It also marks a pivotal point in us film history when tv movies were pushing boundaries harder than most theatrical ones when it. Jan claussen shelley hack is a novice tv news anchor trying to prove herself as a serious investigative journalist in a maledominated field. Death car on the freeway film death car on the freeway 24 september 1979. An unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting. On 2014 we had our first edition with 14 films screened during november in two venues. Death car on the freeway 1979 hal needham, shelley hack, frank gorshin, peter graves july 31, 2018 a woman is badly shaken when she is run off the freeway and nearly killed by a crazy vandriver. Receive entries, sell tickets, promote and manage your event. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from freeway at the discogs marketplace.
Freeway is the debut album by russian pop duo smash it was released in eastern europe in 2003 and southeast asia in 2004. Death car on the freeway 1979 the movie database tmdb. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about psychopath, murder, crimes, deadly, serial killer, danger and mystery mostly in thriller, mystery and horror genres. Death car on the freeway, movie made for tv, 1979 pictures provided by. Death car on the freeway tv movie 1979 plot summary imdb. Shelley hack survived on screen a lot longer than many people would have predicted back in 1980, costarring in the tv weeklies cutter to houston 1983 and jack and mike 198687, and delivering. In a plot similar to steven spielbergs duel, this tells. Wesley rickard, 79, of rancho murieta, was driving his silver 2014 honda civic in the no. The freeway killer was a nickname given by the mediaand later police forcesto what they believed was a single serial killer claiming victims in california, usa, during the 1970s and often dumping the victims along the freeways. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. The car charges up most of the way from a short trip in 23 hours, so often drive it twice in a days time. Killjoy 1981, sisters of death 1976, city killer 1984, fear 1990, poison 2000. We are huge movie buffs so we take great pride in bringing you the best possible dvd transfers.
San juan capistrano the california highway patrol was investigating the death of person on the southbound 5 freeway on wednesday night, emergency dispatchers said. Over 8,000 of the worlds best film festivals and screenplay contests, including 153 academy. With shelley hack, frank gorshin, peter graves, harriet nelson. Another car who gets caught in the fracas pushes the black van out of the freeway, but it comes back even more savagely for revenge. Starting in 1979, the international monetary fund imf had little choice but to. These small commuter cars had a single seat and were powered by a 12 or 16 horsepower gasoline engine or a 4 hp electric motor. The car is a little small to take on the freeway, but i do in good weather, drive it at 57 mph. Death of money you will glimpse the dollars final days and the resultant. Also, the child actors portray their characters excellently.
Death car on the freeway is a 1979 american madefortelevision crime thriller film starring shelley hack. The black van goes down a slope and joins the heavy traffic of another freeway. California highway patrol investigating death on 5 freeway. With the broadcast of death car on the freeway, the 1979 tvmovie by superstar stuntmanturneddirector hal needham smokey and the bandit, cbs attempted to leech off of abcs big push to. Michael jacksons death, for example, it was virtually impossible to find a television. Our festival covers any film with fantastic elements within the genre of thriller horror. Former stuntman hal needham employed several of his old professional comrades in his madefortv death car on the freeway. Local 5 dead in fiery crash, closing the 10 freeway in rialto a 10 freeway crash that left four dead on friday, feb. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to. A humble tv movie made for cbs in 1979, death car on the freeway arguably owes a lot to steven spielbergs duel, but it inspired a generation of filmmakers to follow, and is a direct ancestor to quentin tarantinos death proof. The data are from the vital statistics death database.