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Runaway Car is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Jack Sholder with Judge Reinhold
Runaway Car (1997)
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Add to a movie listPanique sur la voie express (Runaway Car) est un téléfilm américain diffusé en 1997 et réalisé par Jack Sholder.
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Jenny Cole, étudiante infirmière, prend la route à bord de sa Ford Maverick pour rejoindre sa mère en Caroline du Nord et, en chemin, prend Ed, un cadre pressé d'arriver à l'aéroport, puis sa petite nièce en bas âge et enfin un jeune homme, Dex. Mais, arrivée sur la voie rapide, elle découvre avec effroi que l'accélérateur est bloqué ainsi que la boîte de vitesses. Ils sont tous les quatre piégés dans cette voiture qui roule à tombeau ouvert sur l'autoroute qui est très chargée. De multiples tentatives pour stopper le véhicule vont s'avérer vaines et l'angoisse à bord va s'accroître de minute en minute.Actors
Judge Reinhold
(Ed Lautner)
Nina Siemaszko
(Jenny Todd)
Leon Robinson
(officier Isaiah 'Beau' Beaufort)
Brian Hooks
(Dexter "Dex" Strang)
Paul Eiding
(Wally Baird)
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