The Desperate Miles
1975 | 90m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Daniel Haller |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Joel Rogosin, Arthur A. Ross |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 05, 1975 |
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| Director: | Daniel Haller |
| Writer: | Joel Rogosin, Arthur A. Ross |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | vietnam veteran, wheelchair, wheelchair user , truck driver, man in wheelchair |
| Production Companies | Universal Television, ABC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joel Rogosin | Writer |
| Arthur A. Ross | Screenplay, Story |
| Robert Prince | Original Music Composer |
| Jack Woolf | Director of Photography |
| Chuck McClelland | Editor |
| Howard Terrill | Editor |
| Robert Fuca | Costume Supervisor |
| Daniel Haller | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joel Rogosin | Executive Producer |
| Robert Greenwald | Producer |
| Frank von Zerneck | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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