The Car Page #3

Synopsis: Near the small desert town of Santa Ynez, a mysterious black car runs down two teenage bicyclers en route to camp, then it hit-and-runs a hitchhiker with local Amos Clements as witness. Sheriff Everett puts his men on alert and plants road blocks in the area to arrest the murderer, but soon he himself falls victim to the car. Sheriff Wade Parent leads the hunt for the vehicle that threatens their town and seems impossible to locate. When his beloved girlfriend, teacher Lauren Humphries, challenges the driver in a cemetery, the car hunts her in her home. Wade realizes he might be dealing with supernatural powers.
Director(s): Elliot Silverstein
Production: Universal Studios Home Video
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
PG
Year:
1977
96 min
873 Views


He was hitching home. Nice family.

His father's in...

international reinsurance,

whatever the hell that is.

That's his phone number down,

the business phone.

Should I talk to him...

- or to the mother?

- I can do it.

Thanks, Wade.

Chas, got anything from Daigler County?

Yeah, Sheriff Papez would appreciate

a little more information...

as to what in the hell

they're supposed to be looking for.

- That's a quote.

- Well, he's got what I got.

Now, look.

I want everybody out on the street.

I want you to remember,

a young man was killed today...

passing through our town,

and I don't like it.

I don't like it at all.

Goodbye.

Enough.

All right, that was delicious.

Miss Humphries, I'd like to speak

to you for a moment.

- Sure.

- In private.

Okay, take a break.

And we will rehearse this march for real.

All right. Okay girls, up.

Come on, over here. Right here.

I would like to know what this is.

This is sweet.

Look, Miss McDonald, he's made me a 36-D.

- You know who did it?

- Sure. This is Tommy Ness again.

His proportion's always off.

- Are you saying that's a picture of you?

- Yes.

- Well, I must say, I'm surprised.

- Why?

Lauren, do you think it's healthy

for a 13-year-old boy...

to imagine his teacher naked?

- Absolutely.

- Well, not in this school, it isn't.

- Do you think she's ever been...

- No.

There's my baby. Don't forget

to wish him a happy anniversary.

A what?

It's two years today he's been off the booze.

- Hi.

- Hi, what're you doing here?

- Hi, Wade.

- Time to change drivers.

- Hello, Captain.

- Crooks beware.

Well, how about a hug, you hunk?

- Honey, here?

- Isn't that darling? He's so shy.

Daddy!

- Hi, guys.

- Hi, turkeys.

- Hi, Margie.

- Hi.

We're gonna get to be cowgirls

in the parade.

- You're never no such thing.

- 'Cause we know how to ride.

Who knew first?

- I did.

- I did.

The bell, girls. Don't you have a gym class?

- Bye, Daddy.

- Bye.

Yeah, this is Wade. Come on.

It's me, Fats.

We're at the north side of the High Road.

We got some bad news here.

Everett just arrived,

and he wants you pronto.

- Okay.

- Bye-bye.

Come on.

Tell me it was an accident.

- No way, Everett.

- Has she got a locket? Heart shaped?

Yeah, she does.

God damn. Damn it.

What in the hell is going on?

Wade, you know

Dr. Pullbrook's daughter, Suzie?

- You ever seen her?

- Yeah. Why?

You think you'd know her

if you saw her again?

What do you mean, Ev?

Well, she took off last Thursday

with a guy by the name of Pete Keil.

Bicycling, you know, camping.

Pete Keil? Lmpossible.

Well, how do you know?

Well, the kis a neighbour of mine. He told

me he was going to Ogden on Thursday.

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Dennis Shryack

Dennis Shryack (August 25, 1936 – September 14, 2016) was an American screenwriter whose credits included The Gauntlet in 1977, Code of Silence (1985), starring Chuck Norris, and Turner & Hooch (1989), which stars Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog. Shryack also co-wrote the screenplay for Pale Rider in 1985, directed by Clint Eastwood, which became the highest grossing Western film of the 1980s, taking in the $41 million (the equivalent of nearly $92 million in 2016). Shryack often collaborated on screenplays with other writers, including penning seven films with Michael Butler, as well as partnerships with Michael Blodgett on Turner & Hooch and Run in 1991. more…

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