The Desperate Miles

7.0 1975 90 min
Drama TV Movie

A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.

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Director
Daniel Haller
Writers
Arthur A. Ross, Joel Rogosin

Cast

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Tony Musante Joe Larkin
Joanna Pettet Ruth Merrick
Jeanette Nolan Mrs. Larkin
Lynn Loring Jill
John Larch Dr. Bryson
Pepe Serna Ruiz
Michael Richardson Ted
Shelly Novack Lou
Richard Reicheg Al
Stacy Keach Sr. Mr. Rhodes
John Davis Chandler Truck Driver
Kathy Cronkite
John Elerick
Pervis Atkins Jason
Marcus Smith Spaulding

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