Movie Description
The Desperate Miles
(1975)Overview
A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.
Featured Crew
- Director : Daniel Haller
- Producer : Robert Greenwald,Frank von Zerneck
- Writer : Joel Rogosin
- Editor : Chuck McClelland,Howard Terrill
- Cast : Tony Musante,Joanna Pettet,Jeanette Nolan,Lynn Loring,John Larch,Pepe Serna,Michael Richardson,Shelly Novack,Richard Reicheg,Stacy Keach, Sr.,John Davis Chandler,Kathy Cronkite,John Elerick,Pervis Atkins,Marcus Smith
Cast
Joe Larkin
Ruth Merrick
Mrs. Larkin
Jill
Dr. Bryson
Ruiz
Lou
Mr. Rhodes
Truck Driver
Jason
Spaulding
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Facts
Original TitleThe Desperate Miles
Status Released
Release Information
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1975-03-05
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 30m
Production CompaniesUniversal Television,ABC
Genres
- Drama
- TV Movie
