The Car
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.
| Director: | Elliot Silverstein |
| Producer(s): | Marvin Birdt |
| Cast: | Roy Jenson, Doris Dowling, John Marley, James Brolin, Kyle Richards, Lee McLaughlin, Kim Richards, Read Morgan, Elizabeth Thompson, Robert Phillips, Geraldine Keams, R. Armstrong, Kate Murtagh, Kathleen Lloyd, John Rubinstein, Henry O'Brien, Eddie Little Sky, Margaret Willey, Ernie Orsatti, Joshua Davis |
| Writer(s): | Dennis Shryack, Michael Butler, Lane Slate |
