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Overview

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5.9/10   2,051 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Tommy Cook (story)
Sanford Sheldon (screen story) ...
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Release Date:
17 June 1977 (USA) more
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Tagline:
You are in a race against time...and terror. You are pursuing a nameless, faceless man through America's greatest amusement parks...and, for the first time, you are experiencing the most sensational rides of our time, IN SENSURROUND more
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The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing... more | add synopsis
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A white knuckle winner. more (62 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Segal ... Harry Calder

Richard Widmark ... Agent Hoyt

Timothy Bottoms ... Young Man

Henry Fonda ... Simon Davenport
Harry Guardino ... Keefer
Susan Strasberg ... Fran

Helen Hunt ... Tracy Calder

Dorothy Tristan ... Helen
Harry Davis ... Benny
Stephen Pearlman ... Lyons
G.F. Rowe ... Wayne Moore (as Gerald Rowe)
Wayne Tippit ... Police Captain Christie
Michael Bell ... Demerest
Charlie Tuna ... Rock Concert MC
Lonny Stevens ... Federal Agent #1
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Runtime:
119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Trivia:
Most of the actors portraying police officers in the film were actual police officers from the surrounding area. In fact, Charles W. Bennett, Jr., who played Bomb Squad Man, was an actual bomb technician at the time the film was made. He is now (1999) the chief of police in Lynchburg, Virginia. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The Young Man places the remote bomb on the first roller coaster underneath the main guide rail of the track, but allows the ride to run several times before detonating it. In reality, the up-stop wheels or side wheels of the next train to pass through the course would have knocked the bomb out of place or destroyed it. more
Quotes:
Fran: Harry?
Harry Calder: Mmh?
Fran: If you're trying to kill us, at least let me put on some lip gloss.
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Soundtrack:
Fill 'Er Up more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A white knuckle winner., 4 October 2007
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Author: s-woodier from United Kingdom

Roller-coaster is not a disaster movie. Do not cheapen it by labelling it with this tag. It is a suspense thriller. A lunatic is stalking Americas theme parks and sabotaging the coasters. Cue, Harry Calder(George Segal), a burned out safety inspector who is designated to track the maniac.A tense game of cat and mouse follows with the psycho using Harry as his confidant, calling him regularly, with an almost begrudging respect. This nut is so insane, he actually likes Harry!Timothy Bottoms is excellent, giving a super-creepy performance as the saboteur.Roller-coaster boasts great performances, superb photography and some classic dialogue exchanges. And hey, you've got Richard Widmark AND Henry Fonda thrown in there too! Roller-coaster - a seminal 70's thriller.

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