Death Car on the Freeway

Death Car on the Freeway is a 1979 made for television movie starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel, this tells the story of an unseen psycho driver who is dubbed the Freeway Fiddler. Former stuntman Hal Needham directed Hack, who plays Janette Clausen, a TV reporter investigating a series of freeway murders. The psycho van driver is deliberately targeting and killing female motorists. While just a standard thriller ,... more

Death Car on the Freeway is a 1979 made for television movie starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel, this tells the story of an unseen psycho driver who is dubbed the Freeway Fiddler. Former stuntman Hal Needham directed Hack, who plays Janette Clausen, a TV reporter investigating a series of freeway murders. The psycho van driver is deliberately targeting and killing female motorists. While just a standard thriller , it is pepped up by the presence of several TV veterans, including George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Dinah Shore, Harriet Nelson, Barbara Rush and Abe Vigoda. Director Needham even turns up in a supporting role. Death Car on the Freeway first aired on CBS television on September 25, 1979. less