Roadgames
The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!
1981 | 101m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Richard Franklin |
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| Writer: | Richard Franklin, Everett De Roche |
| Staring: |
| A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 27, 1981 |
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| Director: | Richard Franklin |
| Writer: | Richard Franklin, Everett De Roche |
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | australia, truck, serial killer, hitchhiker, truck driver |
| Production Companies | Essaness Pictures, Greater Union Organisation (GUO), Quest Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $100,000
Budget: $1,750,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stacy Keach | Patrick 'Pat' Quid |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth |
| Marion Edward | Madeleine 'Frita' Day |
| Grant Page | Smith or Jones |
| Thaddeus Smith | Policeman 'Abbott' |
| Steve Millichamp | Policeman 'Costello' |
| Alan Hopgood | Lester |
| John Murphy | Benny Balls |
| Bill Stacey | Captain Careful |
| Robert Thompson | Sneezy Rider |
| Ed Turley | Roadhouse Proprietor |
| Angelica La Bozzetta | Young Hitchhiker |
| Colin Vancao | Fred Frugal |
| Paul Harris | Frugal Son |
| Rochelle Harris | Frugal Daughter |
| Tony Bishop | Honeymooner |
| Abbe Holmes | Honeymooner |
| Carole-Ann Aylett | Cleaning Lady |
| Killer | Boswell |
| Les James | Mechanic Tending to Alarm (uncredited) |
| Tom Ryan | Jackaroo (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Franklin | Director, Original Story |
| Louis Irving | Camera Operator, Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Heath Harris | Technical Advisor |
| Warwick Ross | Production Assistant |
| Vincent Monton | Director of Photography |
| Jon Dowding | Production Design, Art Direction |
| Everett De Roche | Original Story, Screenplay |
| Aphrodite Kondos | Costume Design |
| Lois Hohenfels | Makeup Artist |
| Jill Eden | Set Decoration |
| Lon Bender | Sound Editor |
| Ray Phillips | Sound |
| Andrew London | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Paul Clark | Sound |
| Louise Johnson | Sound Editor |
| Roger Cowland | Visual Effects |
| Greg Ricketson | Production Manager |
| Barbara Gibbs | Production Manager |
| Tom Burstall | Assistant Director |
| Robert Kewley | Assistant Director |
| James Parker | Assistant Director |
| Nick Hepworth | Props |
| Harry Zettel | Assistant Art Director |
| Robert W. Glass Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Thirlwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Karel Akkerman | Grip |
| Daryl Binning | Electrician |
| David Brostoff | Assistant Camera |
| Phil Cross | Assistant Camera |
| Tony Holtham | Electrician |
| Eric Lomas | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Graeme Mardell | Grip |
| Jim Townley | Still Photographer |
| Greg Wallace | Grip |
| Colin Williams | Electrician |
| Suzy Wood | Still Photographer |
| Jamie Leckie | Assistant Grip |
| Helen Liston | Location Manager |
| Ross Cockle | Score Engineer |
| Anne McLeod | Script Supervisor |
| Billy Baxter | Production Assistant |
| Helen Watts | Production Secretary |
| Brian May | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Edward McQueen-Mason | Editor |
| Grant Page | Stunt Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Franklin | Producer |
| Bernard Schwartz | Executive Producer |
| Barbi Taylor | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 10 |
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