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The Desperate Miles (1975)

Genre : Drama, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Daniel Haller
Writer : Arthur A. Ross

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Tony Musante
Tony Musante
Joe Larkin
Joanna Pettet
Joanna Pettet
Ruth Merrick
Jeanette Nolan
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Larkin
Lynn Loring
Lynn Loring
Jill
John Larch
John Larch
Dr. Bryson
Pepe Serna
Pepe Serna
Ruiz
Michael Richardson
Michael Richardson
Ted
Shelly Novack
Shelly Novack
Lou
Richard Reicheg
Richard Reicheg
Al
Stacy Keach, Sr.
Stacy Keach, Sr.
Mr. Rhodes
John Davis Chandler
John Davis Chandler
Truck Driver
Kathy Cronkite
Kathy Cronkite
John Elerick
John Elerick
Pervis Atkins
Pervis Atkins
Jason
Marcus Smith
Marcus Smith
Spaulding

Crews

Daniel Haller
Daniel Haller
Director
Joel Rogosin
Joel Rogosin
Writer
Arthur A. Ross
Arthur A. Ross
Screenplay
Arthur A. Ross
Arthur A. Ross
Story
Robert Greenwald
Robert Greenwald
Producer
Joel Rogosin
Joel Rogosin
Executive Producer
Frank von Zerneck
Frank von Zerneck
Producer
Robert Prince
Robert Prince
Original Music Composer
Jack Woolf
Jack Woolf
Director of Photography
Chuck McClelland
Chuck McClelland
Editor
Howard Terrill
Howard Terrill
Editor
Robert Fuca
Robert Fuca
Costume Supervisor

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