The Car(Movie, 1977)

Name: The Car
Genre: Horror
Released: 1977
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 3.2

| 1h 36min | Genre: Horror

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 116 votes)

The Car is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein and written by Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack and Lane Slate. The film stars James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley and Ronny Cox, along with real-life sisters Kim and Kyle Richards (as Brolin's daughters). It tells the story of a black unmanned self-driving mysterious car that goes on a murderous rampage, terrorizing the residents of a small town. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, and was influenced by numerous "road movies" of the 1970s including Steven Spielberg's thriller Duel (1971) and Roger Corman's Death Race 2000 (1975). A spinoff sequel, The Car: Road to Revenge, was r... ()

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 1h 37min
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About The Car

The film is set in the fictional Utah community of Santa Ynez, which is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town's Sheriff, it becomes the job of Captain Wade Parent to stop the murderous driver.

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Trailer for The Car + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:14)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Utah

Made by: Universal Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/13/1977 (World premiere: 05/12/1977)

Cast: James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, John Rubinstein, Ronny Cox, Kim Richards, Kyle Richards, Doris Dowling, R. G. Armstrong, Melody Thomas Scott, Roy Jenson, Elizabeth Thompson, Robert Phillips

Director: Elliot Silverstein

Producer: Elliot Silverstein

Screenwriter: Dennis Shryack

Director of Photography: Gerald Hirschfeld

Composer: Leonard Rosenman

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Carro - A Máquina do Diabo"

"O Carro"

Keywords: supernatural, small town, desert

2 movies in the The Car Collection

1977 The Car

2019 The Car: Road to Revenge

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The Car(Movie, 1977)

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Trailer for The Car + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:14)

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