On this day in movie history - Death Car on the Freeway (1979)

Death Car on the Freeway

directed by Hal Needham,

written by William Wood,

was released in the United States on September 25, 1979.

Music by Richard Markowitz.

                                                                  

Cast:

Shelley Hack, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Harriet Nelson, Barbara Rush, Dinah Shore, Abe Vigoda, Alfie Wise, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons, Tara Buckman, Morgan Brittany, Nancy Stephens, Gloria Stroock, Hal Needham, Jim Negele, Sid Haig, Buddy Farmer, Hank Brandt, Marguerite DeLain, Roger Aaron Brown, Jack Collins, Dennis Falt, Jerry Jensen

Born on this day – Peter Graves:

 

Actor

March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1967); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 300 Miles for Stephanie (1981); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); A Man of Many Ideas (1954); A Rage to Live (1965); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Addams Family Values (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Dad! (2007); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Bayou (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Behind the Legend: Timon (2004); Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953); Best of Friends (1981); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biff Baker, U.S.A. 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