Freeway (1988 film)
Freeway is a 1988 independent neo-noir thriller film starring Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Billy Drago, and Richard Belzer.[1]
- For the 1996 film see: Freeway (1996 film)
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Directed by | Francis Delia |
Produced by | Peter S. Davis William N. Panzer |
Written by | Francis Delia Darrell Fetty |
Based on | Freeway by Deanne Barkley |
Starring | Darlanne Fluegel James Russo Billy Drago Richard Belzer Michael Callan |
Music by | Joe Delia |
Cinematography | Frank Byers |
Edited by | Philip Sgriccia |
Production company | Gower Street Pictures |
Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $142,671 |
Directed by Francis Delia and written by Delia and Darrell Fetty, the film is based on a 1978 novel of the same name by then-NBC head-of-programming Deanne Barkley.[2][3]
Plot
After the earlier loss of her husband to the killer, Sarah 'Sunny' Harper (Fluegel) becomes a witness to the work of a Biblically-obsessed spree killer (Drago) who shoots people on the freeway and who phones-in to a local radio talk station and quotes Biblical passages to the psychiatrist disc jockey (Belzer). After a lack of co-operation from the local police department, protected by a former cop named Frank Quinn (Russo), Harper later joins Quinn in trying to find the killer.
Cast
- Darlanne Fluegel as Sarah "Sunny" Harper
- James Russo as Frank Quinn
- Billy Drago as Edward Anthony Heller
- Richard Belzer as Dr. David Lazarus
- Michael Callan as Lt. Boyle
- Joey Palase as Detective Gomez
- Steve Franken as Lawyer
- Brain Kaiser as Morrie
- Julienne Dallara as Roseanne Rivera
- Kenneth Tobey as Monsignor Kavanaugh
- Clint Howard as Ronnie
- Gene LeBell as Officer Berryman
References
- Digitally Obsessed
- FREEWAY by Deanne Barkley | Kirkus Reviews.
- Woo, Elaine (2013-04-11). "Deanne Barkley dies at 82; pioneering TV executive". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-07-17.