Roadgames
1981
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Synopsis
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.
Roadgames (1981) is a 1h 41min mystery feature film by Richard Franklin. A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker...
Key facts
Cast
Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Stacy Keach, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith, Steve Millichamp, Alan Hopgood, John Murphy
Original language
English
First release
February 27, 1981 (Sweden)
Production companies
ESSANESS PICTURES, QUEST PRODUCTIONS (AUSTRALIE)
Home video distributors
Embassy Home Entertainment (United States)
Setting
Australia
Crew
Screenplay
Everett De Roche, Richard Franklin
Producer
Richard Franklin
Cinematography
Vincent Monton
Editing
Edward McQueen-Mason
Music
Brian May
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | Roadgames | English |
| Translated title | Road Games | English, Québec |
| Québec French title | Déviation mortelle |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Embassy Home Entertainment (cat. no. 2016) | 1983, United States, slipcase |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Sweden | February 27, 1981 |
| Theatrical | Canada | April 23, 1981 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | June 8, 1981 |
| Theatrical | Australia | June 25, 1981 |
| Theatrical | United States | November 19, 1981 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | May 6, 1982 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | October 22, 1982 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
| Classification | United States | PG |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) | ||
| Home video VHS | United States | 1983 2016 |
| Home video | Germany | June 5, 2008 |
Full credits
| Director | Richard Franklin |
| Cast | Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Stacy Keach, Grant Page (Smith or Jones), Thaddeus Smith (Policeman 'Abbott'), Steve Millichamp (Policeman 'Costello'), Alan Hopgood (Lester), John Murphy (Benny Balls), Bill Stacey (Captain Careful), Robert Thompson (Sneezy Rider), Ed Turley (Roadhouse Proprietor), Angelica La Bozzetta (Young Hitchhiker), Colin Vancao (Fred Frugal), Paul Harris (Frugal Son), Rochelle Harris (Frugal Daughter), Tony Bishop (Honeymooner), Abbe Holmes (Honeymooner), Carole-Ann Aylett (Cleaning Lady), Killer (Boswell), Les James (Mechanic Tending to Alarm (uncredited)), Tom Ryan (Jackaroo (uncredited)) |
| Screenplay | Everett De Roche, Richard Franklin |
| Producer | Richard Franklin |
| Executive producer | Bernard Schwartz |
| Cinematography | Vincent Monton |
| Editing | Edward McQueen-Mason |
| Music | Brian May |
| Production design | Jon Dowding |
| Sound | Paul Clark, Ray Phillips |
| Costumes | Aphrodite Kondos |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
