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Death Car on the Freeway Directed by Hal Needham Produced by Stanley Shpetner Written by William Wood Starring Shelley Hack
George HamiltonMusic by Richard Markowitz Cinematography Bobby Byrne Editing by Frank Morriss Distributed by CBS Television Release date(s) September 25, 1979 Running time 91 min Country 
Language English Death Car on the Freeway is a 1979 made for television movie starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel, this tells the story of an unseen psycho driver who is dubbed the Freeway Fiddler.
Former stuntman Hal Needham directed Hack, who plays Janette Clausen, a TV reporter investigating a series of freeway murders. The psycho van driver is deliberately targeting and killing female motorists. While just a standard thriller , it is pepped up by the presence of several TV veterans, including George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Dinah Shore, Harriet Nelson, Barbara Rush and Abe Vigoda. Director Needham even turns up in a supporting role.
Death Car on the Freeway first aired on CBS television on September 25, 1979.
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Films directed by Hal Needham 1970s 1980s Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) · The Cannonball Run (1981) · Megaforce (1982) · Stroker Ace (1983) · Cannonball Run II (1984) · Rad (1986) · Body Slam (1987)Categories:- American television films
- 1979 television films
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