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The Desperate Miles

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.

1h 30m1975TMDb 7.0

DramaTV Movie

English

Crew and Cast

Daniel HallerDaniel HallerDirectorTony MusanteTony MusanteJoe LarkinJoanna PettetJoanna PettetRuth MerrickJeanette NolanJeanette NolanMrs. LarkinLynn LoringLynn LoringJillJohn LarchJohn LarchDr. BrysonPepe SernaPepe SernaRuiz
Michael RichardsonTedShelly NovackShelly NovackLou
Richard ReichegAlStacy Keach Sr.Stacy Keach Sr.Mr. RhodesJohn Davis ChandlerJohn Davis ChandlerTruck DriverKathy CronkiteKathy CronkiteJohn ElerickJohn ElerickPervis AtkinsPervis AtkinsJason
Marcus SmithSpaulding

Storyline

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.

  • Universal Television
  • ABC

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Info

Status
Released
Released
5 March 1975
Runtime
1h 30m
TMDB score
7.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Director
Daniel Haller
Writers
Arthur A. Ross, Joel Rogosin
Studios
Universal Television, ABC
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English