The Car (1977) ( DeathMobile (Wheels) )

The Car (1977) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: DeathMobile (Wheels)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Elliot Silverstein

Written By:
Michael Butler
Dennis Shryack

Actors:
James Brolin ..... Wade Parent
Kathleen Lloyd ..... Lauren
John Marley ..... Everett
R.G. Armstrong ..... Amos Clements
John Rubinstein ..... John Morris
Elizabeth Thompson ..... Margie
Roy Jenson ..... Ray Mott
Kim Richards ..... Lynn Marie
Kyle Richards ..... Debbie
Kate Murtagh ..... Miss McDonald
Robert Phillips ..... Metcalf
Doris Dowling ..... Bertha
Henry O'Brien ..... Chas
Eddie Little Sky ..... Denson
Lee McLaughlin ..... Marvin Fats

Synopsis:

A murderous car wreaks havoc on a small Western town in this thriller that has gone on to achieve a small degree of cult status in spite of its own silliness. After a pair of bikers and a horn-playing hitchhiker are viciously mowed down, local police realize they have a motoring maniac on their hands. In a show of boldness, the mysterious black automobile kills the sheriff (John Marley) on the town's main street, leaving the post to officer Wade Parent (James Brolin). A supernatural element enters the picture when the car motors through a parade practice, but refuses to enter the hallowed ground of a cemetery. The cops chase the car through the desert, but it takes out several squad cars and disappears after injuring Wade. Things take a personal turn when the car eliminates Wade's girlfriend Lauren (Kathleen Lloyd) in a shocking sequence. Gathering his remaining officers, Wade concocts a plan to stop the horsepower-laden psychopath. But discovering the car hiding in his own garage, Wade is forced to lure it into a mountainous canyon area, where a final confrontation finally settles the score and reveals the driver's frightening identity.

While traveling through the desert nearby the small town of Santa Ynez on their bicycles to camp, two teenage bicyclers are murdered by a mysterious black car. Then the car hit-and-run a hitchhiker and the crime is witnessed by the local Amos Clements. Sheriff Everett puts his men in alert and plans road blocks in the area to arrest the murderer. Sooner he becomes a victim of the car and Sheriff Wade Parent begins a hunting of the vehicle that is threatening his town and seems to be impossible to be located. When his beloved girlfriend and teacher Lauren challenges the driver in a cemetery, the car hunts her in her home and Wade realizes that he might be dealing with supernatural powers.

When a mysterious, driverless black sedan begins running people down in a small Southwestern town, new sheriff Wade Parent (James Brolin) must find out who -- or what -- is behind the killings. What he uncovers is a truth more terrifying than anyone expected. Is it pure evil? This cult horror classic from director Elliot Silverstein also features Kathleen Lloyd, R. G. Armstrong and John Marley.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 November, 2013.