Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Feb 2, 1976

1h 40m

★ 5.4

It was a day just like any other, until 75 people took the wrong route home!

Overview

In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Thriller

Production Companies

Filmways Television

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Cast

Sergeant Sam Marcum

Robert Conrad

Barbara Hutton

Sian Barbara Allen

Al Pearson

Buddy Ebsen

Danny

Herb Edelman

Dale

David Groh

Lee Bassett

Scott Jacoby

Officer Estevez

Joe Kapp

Burnsey

Sue Lyon

Erica

Vera Miles

Laureen

Donna Mills

June Pearson

Harriet Nelson

Pete

George O'Hanlon, Jr.

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