The Desperate Miles

The Desperate Miles (1975)

March 5th, 19751h 30min

Drama, TV Movie
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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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