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
Posters
Recommendations
Birdy
7.1
Adam
6.3
Inside I'm Dancing
7.42
Article 99
6.099
Blind Fury
6.506
The War
6.67
Girl in the Box
6.708
Uncommon Valor
6.232
They Drive by Night
6.936
Gigi & Nate
7.654
Da 5 Bloods
6.415
EO
6.494
Hamburger Hill
6.6
Facts
Original TitleThe Desperate Miles
Status Released
Release Information
-
1975-03-05
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 30m
Production CompaniesUniversal Television,ABC
Genres
- Drama
- TV Movie
