A murderous car wreaks havoc on a small Western town in this thriller that has gone on to achieve a small degree of cult status in spite of its own silliness. After a pair of bikers and a horn-playing hitchhiker are viciously mowed down, local police realize they have a motoring maniac on their ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1977 | Running Time: 98 minutes
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DVD
$15.99CAR (1977) / (WS DUB SUB DOL)
Often criticized as being Jaws in the desert, Elliot Silverstein's The Car is a straightforward thriller that plays a lot more like Steven Spielberg's earlier classic Duel, which was also about a killer vehicle in a barren wasteland. While the film does feature a number of exciting car stunts and is sharply lensed in widescreen, it continuously sinks itself with a combination of ridiculous scripting and bad acting. Looking at the film from a different perspective, however, those same negatives, ...more
- James Brolin - Wade Parent
- Kathleen Lloyd - Lauren
- John Marley - everett
- R.G. Armstrong - Amos
- John Rubinstein - John Morris
- Tony Brande - Joe
- Steve Gravers - Mackey
- Lee Mc Laughlin - Marvin Fats
- Boyd "Red" Morgan - Mac Gruder
- Bryan O'Byrne - Wally
- Hank Hamilton - Al
- James Rawley - Thompson
- Ernie F. Orsatti - Dalton
- John Moio - Parker
- Elliot Silverstein - Director
- Peter Saphier - Producer
- Elliot Silverstein - Producer
- Marvin Birdt - Producer
- Lane Slate - Screenwriter
- Dennis Shryack - Screenwriter
- Michael Butler - Screenwriter
- Lloyd S. Papez - Art Director
- Gary Daigler - First Assistant Director
- Michael McCroskey - Editor
- Leonard Rosenman - Composer (Music Score)
- Gerald Hirschfeld - Cinematographer
- John McCarthy - Set Designer
- James R. Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer











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