
Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his apartment.
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who steal her car and leave her unconscious by the roadside. She becomes a fugitive after killing her jailer during a rape attempt and breaking out with one of the hitchhikers who could prove her innocence.

Yvette Mimieux
Dinah Hunter

Royce D. Applegate
Larry O'Brien

Beverly Hope Atkinson
Clair
Susan Batson
Mavis

Nancy Lee Noble
Lola (as Nancy Noble)
Babbett Bram
Miss Hopkins
Fredric Cook
Deputy Hobie

Severn Darden
Sheriff Dempsey

Howard Hesseman
David
Lee Fergus
Doctor
Outside Chance is a tv movie, drama, crime, thriller film released in 1978 exploring themes of rape, on the run, escape from jail. Directed by Michael Miller, it stars Yvette Mimieux, Royce D. Applegate, Beverly Hope Atkinson. An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who steal her car and leave her unconscious by the roadside. She becomes a fugitive after killing her jailer during a rape attempt and breaking out with one of the hitchhikers who could prove her innocence.
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