The Car
1977 · Movie · PG · 96 min · ★ 6.4 · 25% critics
A quiet desert town is shaken when a mysterious black car appears without warning and starts hunting people on the roads. With fear spreading and the local police outmatched, one determined officer tries to stop the seemingly unstoppable vehicle before it claims more victims.
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Details
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-05-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 25/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (324 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a lean, old-school thriller about a relentless, unexplained threat and can roll with some B-movie rough edges; Not for you if you need clear answers or fast pacing like Race with the Devil.
Pros: creepy driverless menace; tense chase scenes; memorable horn and design | Cons: thin explanations; cheesy dialogue; pacing can drag
Themes
- small town
- supernatural
- desert
- frightened
Cast & crew
James Brolin
as Wade Parent
Kathleen Lloyd
as Lauren Humphries
John Marley
as Everett
R.G. Armstrong
as Amos Clements
John Rubinstein
as John Norris
- ET
Elizabeth Thompson
as Margie Johnson
Roy Jenson
as Ray Mott
Kim Richards
as Lynn Marie Parent
Kyle Richards
as Debra Parent
- KM
Kate Murtagh
as Miss McDonald
Directed by Elliot Silverstein