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.
Cast
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)
Tom Ryan
Jackaroo (uncredited)
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- Release Date 02/27/1981
- Language English
- Director Richard Franklin
- Editor Edward McQueen-Mason
- Cinematographer Vincent Monton
- Producer Richard Franklin
- Companies Essaness Pictures, Greater Union Organisation (GUO), Quest Productions
- Budget $1,750,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE | Feb 27, 1981 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United States | Feb 27, 1981 | Theatrical | PG |
| Canada | Apr 23, 1981 | Theatrical | R |
| DK | Jun 8, 1981 | Theatrical | — |
| Australia | Jun 26, 1981 | Theatrical | M |
| United Kingdom | May 6, 1982 | Theatrical | — |
| PT | Oct 22, 1982 | Theatrical | M/12 |
| Brazil | Mar 3, 2008 | Premiere (DVD) | — |
| Germany | Jun 5, 2008 | Physical | 16 |
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