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The Car

Year:

1977

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

Director:

Elliot Silverstein

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1977-05-13

Filming Locations: Snow Canyon, Utah, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Kim Richards

The Car

Melody Thomas Scott

The Car

James Brolin

Wade Parent

Kathleen Lloyd

Lauren

John Marley

Everett

R.G. Armstrong

Amos

John Rubinstein

John Morris

Elizabeth Thompson

Margie

Roy Jenson

Ray Mott

Kyle Richards

Debbie

Kate Murtagh

Miss McDonald

Robert Phillips

Metcalf

Doris Dowling

Bertha

Henry O'Brien

Chas

Eddie Little Sky

Denson

Lee McLaughlin

Marvin Fats

Margaret Willey

Navajo Woman

Read Morgan

Mac Gruder

Ernie F. Orsatti

Dalton

Joshua Davis

Jimmy

Geraldine Keams

Donna

Hank Hamilton

Al Ashberry

John Moio

Parker

Bob Woodlock

Pete Keil

James Rawley

Thompson

Louis Welch

Berry

Bryan O'Byrne

Wally

Don Keefer

Dr. Pullbrook

Steve Gravers

Mr. Mackey

Tony Brande

Joe

Ronny Cox

Luke

Leslie Hoffman

High School Student

Johnny Timko

Little Boy (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Major stunts in the movie included a stuntman's first-time ever jump, a 196 ft fall from a bridge and a "barrel role" by "the car" over two other vehicles.

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The song Wade is singing before brushing his teeth is "Muleskinner Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers and George Vaughn.

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The technical specifications of the four versions of "the car" were as follows. They were built on a Lincoln Mark III chassis with a 460 cubic inch engine and deep-recessed chrome-plated Cragar wheels. The 18-gauge steel frame weighed 5500 pound, was 20 ft (6 m) long and 9 1/3 ft (2.8 m) wide. The cars' bodywork was painted in steel, pearl and charcoal coloring. The cars' windows were laminated in two different shades, smoked on the inside and amber on the outside, so one could see out of it but not into it.

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Goofs

When Wade leaves his motorcycle to return to the garage, the headlight is on. When he gets on to escape The Car, the headlight is off.

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During the final chase on the motorbike, it alternates from night / day.

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During the scene where the car is terrorizing the school band practice, a group of cowboys try to distract it. One of them gets knocked off his horse and when we see him fall you will notice that the frame is actually upside-down.

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Quotes

Lauren: [taunting the car's unseen driver] Hey, you! Why don't you get outta your big ugly car, huh? We'd like to see what you look like. I'd like to see what a creep like you looks like!

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Chas: I shouldn't have left her.

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Wade Parent: Whatever happened to last Thursday? I had it made last Thursday.

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Faq

What kind of car is "The Car", anyway?

The demonic car in this film was designed by George Barris, who specialized in custom cars and who worked on a number of film and television projects, including the car driven by TV's "The Munsters", Herbie "The Love Bug", and the vehicle driven by the heroes in "Ghostbusters". For "The Car", Barris modified a 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III.

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