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 | 9.588 |
Directed By
Richard Franklin
Crew
Bernard Schwartz
Brian May
Vincent Monton
Richard Franklin
Richard Franklin
Edward McQueen-Mason
Jon Dowding
Everett De Roche
Richard Franklin
James Parker
Louis Irving
Heath Harris
Harry Zettel
Greg Wallace
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Jim Townley
John Wilkinson
Daryl Binning
Brian May
Warwick Ross
Anne McLeod
Robert Thirlwell
Helen Liston
Everett De Roche
Robert Kewley
Phil Cross
Ross Cockle
Nick Hepworth
Tom Burstall
Jamie Leckie
David Brostoff
Colin Williams
Eric Lomas
Graeme Mardell
Helen Watts
Karel Akkerman
Tony Holtham
Louis Irving
Suzy Wood
Billy Baxter
Jill Eden
Aphrodite Kondos
Jon Dowding
Barbi Taylor
Lois Hohenfels
Louise Johnson
Andrew London
Roger Cowland
Lon Bender
Barbara Gibbs
Greg Ricketson
Grant Page
Ray Phillips
Paul Clark
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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