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Rating: 6.5/10 by 163 users

Roadgames (1981)

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.

Directing:
  • Richard Franklin
  • Tom Burstall
  • Robert Kewley
  • James Parker
  • Anne McLeod
Writing:
  • Everett De Roche
  • Everett De Roche
  • Richard Franklin
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Feb 27, 1981

Rating: 6.5/10 by 163 users

Alternative Title:
Road Games - US
Carretera mortal - ES
Convoy en peligro - MX
Truck Driver - Gejagt von einem Serienkiller - DE
Enigma na Estrada - BR
Jogos na Estrada - BR
Déviation Mortelle - CA
Lift åt döden - FI
Kuolema kyydissä - FI
Antipaloi tis asfaltou - GR
Truck Drivers, oi antipaloi tis asfaltou - GR
O dolofonos tis asfaltou - GR
O Asfalto do Medo - PT
Дорожные игры - SU
Juegos de carretera - ES
Truck Driver - DE
Drønhed Asfalt - DK

Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 41 minutes
Budget: $1,750,000
Revenue: $100,000

Plot Keyword: australia, truck, serial killer, hitchhiker, truck driver

Stacy Keach
Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Jamie Lee Curtis
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Marion Edward
Madeleine 'Frita' Day
Grant Page
Smith or Jones
Thaddeus Smith
Policeman 'Abbott'
Steve Millichamp
Policeman 'Costello'
John Murphy
Benny Balls
Bill Stacey
Captain Careful
Robert Thompson
Sneezy Rider
Ed Turley
Roadhouse Proprietor
Angelica La Bozzetta
Young Hitchhiker
Colin Vancao
Fred Frugal
Paul Harris
Frugal Son
Rochelle Harris
Frugal Daughter
Tony Bishop
Honeymooner
Abbe Holmes
Honeymooner
Killer
Boswell
Les James
Mechanic Tending to Alarm (uncredited)
Tom Ryan
Jackaroo (uncredited)

JPV852

Uneven suspense-thriller does feature a fine performance from Stacy Keach but otherwise pretty disappointing as I normally enjoy these sorts of thrillers. Also has characters making bizarre, though luckily ultimately correct choices... **2.75/5**


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