Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Overview
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $10,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $7,400,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 12.483 |
Directed By
Stephen King
Crew
Don Levin
Stephen King
Stephen King
Martha De Laurentiis
Mel Pearl
Armando Nannuzzi
Evan A. Lottman
Barry Nolan
Tommy J. Huff
Hilton Rosemarin
Neil L. Kaufman
Larry Porche
Jeffrey Schlatter
Mel Zelniker
Ron Bochar
Thomas Michael Ryan
David Brace
Lee Dichter
Michael Steinfeld
Marlana May
Tony Lucibello
Skip Lievsay
Gordy Wein
Mark S. Turner
Glenn Randall Jr.
Jock Brandis
Valerie E. Norman
Todd Kasow
David W. Strong
Angela Heald
Roberto Croci
Mara Trovato
Mary Colquhoun
Milton Subotsky
Clifford Capone
Giorgio Postiglione
Angus Young
Malcolm Young
Ed White
Robin Grathwol
Gene Hartline
Jeffrey Moore
Rod Schumacher
Phil Adams
Julius LeFlore
Bruce Moriarty
Kent Hays
Claudio Nannuzzi
Marilyn Stonehouse
Greg Sheldon
Jayme Bednarczyk
Christine Anne Baur
Edgard Mourino
Dean Gates
David R. Wood
Sara Bolder
Robert Nichols
Michael Berenbaum
Daniele Nannuzzi
Elizabeth Scherberger
Tammy Kusian
Joe Porter
Dick Langdon
James Y. Kwei
Steve Galich
Joe D. Ramsey
Bernie Pock
Melissa Edmonds
Denver Mattson
Gary McLarty
Jeff Frink
Darrell Hanzalik
David Sandlin
Jürgen Vollmer
Mike Goodman
Eliza Paley
Yvette Nabel
Lee Fonvielle
Steven Visscher
Stuart Stanley
Stephen King
TOP CAST
Emilio Estevez
Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle
Hendershot
Laura Harrington
Brett
Yeardley Smith
Connie
John Short
Curt
Ellen McElduff
Wanda June
J.C. Quinn
Duncan
Christopher Murney
Camp Loman
Holter Graham
Deke
Frankie Faison
Handy
Pat Miller
Joe
Jack Canon
Max
Barry Bell
Steve
John Brasington
Frank
J. Don Ferguson
Andy
Leon Rippy
Brad
Robert Gooden
Barry
R. Pickett Bugg
Rolf
Giancarlo Esposito
Videoplayer
Martin Tucker
2nd Man
Marla Maples
2nd Woman
Ned Austin
Bridgemaster
Richard Chapman Jr.
Helper
Bill Huggins
Umpire
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