The Desperate Miles

The Desperate Miles

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 5, 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.

The Desperate Miles

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 5, 1975

The Desperate Miles
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.
Producers Universal Television
Original title The Desperate Miles
Directors Daniel Haller
Writers Joel Rogosin, Arthur A. Ross

Cast

Tony Musante

as Joe Larkin

Joanna Pettet

as Ruth Merrick

Jeanette Nolan

as Mrs. Larkin

Lynn Loring

as Jill

John Larch

as Dr. Bryson

Pepe Serna

as Ruiz

Shelly Novack

as Lou

Stacy Keach, Sr.

as Mr. Rhodes

John Davis Chandler

as Truck Driver

Pervis Atkins

as Jason

Marcus Smith

as Spaulding