Mar 05, 1975
90 min
Full-HD

The Desperate Miles (1975)

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.

Category

Drama TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

Universal Television ABC

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

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