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Engrossing suspense thriller in which a travelling salesman is menaced by a truck. Forced to take a detour along an isolated stretch of road, the lone motorist gradually becomes the target of a psychotic truck driver, whose identity remains hidden behind the windscreen of his souped-up rig. Tension mounts as the hapless salesman's plight grows steadily more desperate.

Keywords:

Action, Mystery, Thriller, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1971) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Dennis Weaver	.... David Mann
Jacqueline Scott	.... Mrs. Mann
Eddie Firestone	.... Cafe Owner
Lou Frizzell	.... Bus Driver
Gene Dynarski	.... Man in Cafe
Lucille Benson	.... Lady at Snakerama

Supporting Cast:

Tim Herbert	.... Gas Station Attendant
Charles Seel	.... Old Man
Shirley O'Hara	.... Waitress
Alexander Lockwood	.... Old Man in Car
Amy Douglass	.... Old Woman in Car
Dick Whittington	.... Radio Interviewer
Carey Loftin	.... The Truck Driver
Dale Van Sickel	.... Car Driver

Directors:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Richard Matheson