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The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all! - Roadgames
Movie Details

Title: Roadgames

Release Date: 27 Feb 1981

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Director: Essaness Pictures, Greater Union Organisation (GUO), Quest Productions

Production Companies: Essaness Pictures, Greater Union Organisation (GUO), Quest Productions

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.515 (166 votes)

Cast

  • Patrick 'Pat' Quid: Stacy Keach
  • Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth: Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Madeleine 'Frita' Day: Marion Edward
  • Smith or Jones: Grant Page
  • Policeman 'Abbott': Thaddeus Smith
  • Policeman 'Costello': Steve Millichamp
  • Lester: Alan Hopgood
  • Benny Balls: John Murphy
  • Captain Careful: Bill Stacey
  • Sneezy Rider: Robert Thompson
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