The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!
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.
- 6.5
- 1981
- Released
- 1h 41m
Stacy Keach
Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Jamie Lee Curtis
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Marion Edward
Madeleine 'Frita' DayThaddeus Smith
Policeman 'Abbott'Steve Millichamp
Policeman 'Costello'
Alan Hopgood
Lester
John Murphy
Benny BallsBill Stacey
Captain Careful
Robert Thompson
Sneezy RiderEd Turley
Roadhouse ProprietorAngelica La Bozzetta
Young HitchhikerColin Vancao
Fred FrugalPaul Harris
Frugal SonRochelle Harris
Frugal DaughterTony Bishop
HoneymoonerAbbe Holmes
HoneymoonerCarole-Ann Aylett
Cleaning LadyKiller
BoswellLes James
Mechanic Tending to Alarm (uncredited)Tom Ryan
Jackaroo (uncredited)
Released
en
$1,750,000.00
$100,000.00
- #australia
- #truck
- #serial killer
- #hitchhiker
- #truck driver
- #suspenseful
Reviews
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**