Roadgames
“The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!”
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.
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Cast
21 people
Stacy Keach
Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Known for
Prison Break
The Bourne Legacy
Jamie Lee Curtis
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Known for
Halloween
Knives Out
Marion Edward
Madeleine 'Frita' Day
Also in
Blue Fire Lady
The Wild Duck
Grant Page
Smith or Jones
Known for
The Tracker
The Man from Hong Kong
Thaddeus Smith
Policeman 'Abbott'
Also in
Psycho II
Final Cut
Steve Millichamp
Policeman 'Costello'
Also in
Mad Max
Romper Stomper
Alan Hopgood
Lester
Known for
Knowing
My Brilliant Career
John Murphy
Benny Balls
Also in
Gallipoli
Kangaroo Palace
Bill Stacey
Captain Careful
Also in
The Man from Snowy River
Malcolm
Robert Thompson
Sneezy Rider
Known for
Patrick
Thirst
Ed Turley
Roadhouse Proprietor
Known for
Fortress
Angelica La Bozzetta
Young Hitchhiker
Also in
Carson's Law
Richard Franklin Director · Everett De Roche Screenplay Brian May Composer
Worldwide gross $100K · Budget $1.8M · United States release November 19, 1981
Box office
Budget
$1,750,000
Worldwide gross
$100,000
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Essaness Pictures
Production
GUO
Production
Quest Productions
Production
Quest
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Sweden · February 27, 1981
Theatrical
Australia · June 25, 1981
Theatrical
United States · November 19, 1981
Theatrical
Brazil
March 3, 2008 · Premiere · DVD
Canada
April 23, 1981 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 8, 1981 · Theatrical
Germany
June 5, 2008 · Physical
Portugal
October 22, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 6, 1982 · Theatrical
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