Roadgames (1981)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,750,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $100,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.9725000000000001 |
Directed By
Richard Franklin
Crew
Richard Franklin
Richard Franklin
Bernard Schwartz
Brian May
Vincent Monton
Edward McQueen-Mason
Jon Dowding
Everett De Roche
Everett De Roche
Richard Franklin
Tom Burstall
Robert Kewley
James Parker
Nick Hepworth
Harry Zettel
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Robert Thirlwell
John Wilkinson
Karel Akkerman
Daryl Binning
David Brostoff
Phil Cross
Tony Holtham
Louis Irving
Louis Irving
Eric Lomas
Graeme Mardell
Jim Townley
Greg Wallace
Colin Williams
Suzy Wood
Jamie Leckie
Helen Liston
Brian May
Ross Cockle
Anne McLeod
Billy Baxter
Heath Harris
Warwick Ross
Helen Watts
Barbi Taylor
Jon Dowding
Jill Eden
Aphrodite Kondos
Lois Hohenfels
Paul Clark
Lon Bender
Louise Johnson
Andrew London
Ray Phillips
Roger Cowland
Grant Page
Barbara Gibbs
Greg Ricketson
TOP 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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