Freeway (1988 film)

Freeway
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Francis Delia
Screenplay by	Darrell Fetty Francis Delia
Based on	Freeway by Deanne Barkley
Produced by	Peter S. Davis William N. Panzer
Starring	Darlanne Fluegel James Russo Richard Belzer Michael Callan Billy Drago
Cinematography	Frank Byers
Edited by	Philip Sgriccia
Music by	Joe Delia
Production company	Gower Street Pictures
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date	September 2, 1988 (1988-09-02) (United States)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$142,671

Freeway is a 1988 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Francis Delia from a screenplay by Darrell Fetty and Delia, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by the then-head of NBC programming, Deanne Barkley.[1][2] It stars Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Richard Belzer, Michael Callan, and Billy Drago.[3]

Premise

After her husband’s murderer escapes justice, Sarah "Sunny" Harper (Fluegel) witnesses the work of a spree killer (Drago) who shoots people on the freeway and later quotes Bible passages to a local radio station’s psychiatrist disc jockey (Belzer). Police are unwilling to listen to Sunny, but a former cop named Frank Quinn (Russo) agrees to protect her, and later the two join forces to find the deranged freeway killer before he strikes again.

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

Production

The killer, who turns out to be a man who calls himself "Father Eddie," drives a beat-up 1969 Lincoln Continental sedan. The story takes place in Southern California.

References

1. FREEWAY by Deanne Barkley | Kirkus Reviews.
2. Woo, Elaine (April 11, 2013). "Deanne Barkley dies at 82; pioneering TV executive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
3. "Digitally Obsessed". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

External links

• Freeway at IMDb