Death Race (1973 film)
Death Race | |
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Genre | Action Drama War |
Written by | Charles Kuenstle |
Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
Starring | Lloyd Bridges Roy Thinnes Eric Braeden Doug McClure |
Music by | Hal Mooney |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Harve Bennett Terry K. Meade |
Cinematography | Terry K. Meade |
Editors | Les Green Carl Pingitore |
Running time | 90 min. |
Production companies | Silverton Productions Universal Television |
Distributor | ABC |
Budget | $650,000 (estimated) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | November 10, 1973 |
Death Race is a 1973 American TV movie.[1]
Plot[]
In November 1942 in the Africa desert two Allied pilots are sent to blow up a minefield in separate planes. They come across a German tank captained by an officer. The tank shoots down one of the Allied planes forcing the pilot, McMillan, to bail out. The other pilot, Culpepper, lands to rescue him just in time. Culpepper's plane is damaged. The tank continues in pursuit.
Cast[]
- Lloyd Bridges as General Ernst Beimler
- Roy Thinnes as Arnold McMillan
- Eric Braeden as Stoeffer
- Doug McClure as Lieutenant Del Culpepper
- Brendon Boone as Private Huffman
- Christopher Cary as British Radioman
- Dennis Rucker as Lieutenant Voelke
- Dennis Dugan as Private Becker
- Ivor Barry as Major Waverly
- William Beckley as British Airman
- Eric Micklewood as British Officer
Reception[]
The Los Angeles Times called it "a good suspense drama" which "is scarely original enough to be anywhere near profound, but it does make its point emphatically in a way that's entertaining, especially for action fans."[2]
References[]
External links[]
- Death Race at IMDb
- Death Race at Letterbox DVD
Categories:
- 1973 television films
- 1973 films
- American films
- American television films
- English-language films
- American war films
- American television film stubs