The Desperate Miles

Mar 5, 1975

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Universal Television

ABC

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Cast

Joe Larkin

Tony Musante

Ruth Merrick

Joanna Pettet

Mrs. Larkin

Jeanette Nolan

Jill

Lynn Loring

Dr. Bryson

John Larch

Ruiz

Pepe Serna

Ted

Michael Richardson

Lou

Shelly Novack

Richard Reicheg

Mr. Rhodes

Stacy Keach, Sr.

Truck Driver

John Davis Chandler

Kathy Cronkite

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