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Released
1977 · FILM

The Car

A determined captain races against time to uncover the identity of a deadly, supernatural black car that's terrorizing a small town and leaving a trail of death in its wake.

Is it a phantom, a demon, or the devil himself?

Runtime
96 min
ActionFantasyHorror

Synopsis

The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael MccroskeyShot by Gerald HirschfeldScored by Leonard Rosenman

Also known as

  • Der Teufel auf Rädernde
  • The Carde
  • The Car - Der Teufel auf Rädernde
  • Enfer mécaniquefr
  • L'enfer mécaniquefr
  • La macchina nerait

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