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Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

It was a day just like any other, until 75 people took the wrong route home!

19765.41h 40m

Overview

In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Written by Robert Presnell Jr., Eugene Price, Trevor Dudley-Smith
Produced by Roger H. Lewis
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Top Cast

Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad

Sergeant Sam Marcum

Sian Barbara Allen

Sian Barbara Allen

Barbara Hutton

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

Al Pearson

Herb Edelman

Herb Edelman

Danny

David Groh

David Groh

Dale

Scott Jacoby

Scott Jacoby

Lee Bassett

Joe Kapp

Joe Kapp

Officer Estevez

Sue Lyon

Sue Lyon

Burnsey

Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Erica

Donna Mills

Donna Mills

Laureen

Themes & Keywords

car crashdisaster movie

About Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Smash-Up on Interstate 5 is a drama, tv movie, thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of car crash, disaster movie. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, it stars Robert Conrad, Sian Barbara Allen, Buddy Ebsen. In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.

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