The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
Stacy Keach
Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Jamie Lee Curtis
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Marion Edward
Madeleine 'Frita' Day
Grant Page
Smith or Jones
Thaddeus Smith
Policeman 'Abbott'
Steve Millichamp
Policeman 'Costello'
Alan Hopgood
Lester
John Murphy
Benny Balls
Bill Stacey
Captain Careful
Robert Thompson
Sneezy Rider
Ed Turley
Roadhouse Proprietor
Angelica La Bozzetta
Young Hitchhiker
Colin Vancao
Fred Frugal
Paul Harris
Frugal Son
Rochelle Harris
Frugal Daughter
Tony Bishop
Honeymooner
Abbe Holmes
Honeymooner
Carole-Ann Aylett
Cleaning Lady
Killer
Boswell
Les James
Mechanic Tending to Alarm (uncredited)
Director
Richard Franklin
Writers
Everett De Roche, Richard Franklin, Everett De Roche
Brian May
Original Music Composer
Vincent Monton
Director of Photography
Jon Dowding
Production Design
Edward McQueen-Mason
Editor
Aphrodite Kondos
Costume Design
JPV852
11/15/2019
Uneven suspense-thriller does feature a fine performance from Stacy Keach but otherwise pretty disappointing as I normally enjoy these sorts of thrillers. Also has characters making bizarre, though luckily ultimately correct choices... **2.75/5**
