Road Games

– A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer who uses a young female hi..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 41 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Original Name:
Roadgames
Road Games (1981) - Also known as Roadgames

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer who uses a young female hitchhiker as bait to lure victims on a desolate Australian highway.

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Road Games (1981) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Nov 1981

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Richard Franklin

Writer:

Everett De Roche (screenplay), Everett De Roche (original story), Richard Franklin (original story)

Main Actors:

Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page

Plot:

Pat Quid is driving a semi across Australia. On the way he encounters various other travellers, and the occasional hitchhikers repeatedly as they're traveling the same road. A favorite pastime of Pat is to play games to pass the time on the journey. (Such as to make up backgrounds of the other people on the road.) Pamela is one hitchhiker he picks up. But when she disappears, he suspects that the driver of a van who has been acting a little strange, (Smith or Jones) maybe the serial killer mentioned on the radio. But his pursuit of the van driver brings him to the attention of the police, who begin to suspect him.

Awards:

6 nominations.

Production:

AVCO Embassy Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Metacritic:
71%