The Desperate Miles (1975)
• March 5th, 1975 • 1h 30min
Drama, TV Movie
Overview
A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.
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