Coast to Coast (1980)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writer:

Stanley Weiser (writer)

Release Date:

3 October 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Either way, love will win in the end

Plot:

Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome...

Plot Keywords:

Truck | Escape | Mental Institution | Highway | Revenge

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dyan Cannon	...	Madie Levrington
Robert Blake	...	Charles Callahan
Quinn K. Redeker	...	Benjamin Levrington (as Quinn Redeker)
Michael Lerner	...	Dr. Frederick Froll
Maxine Stuart	...	Sam Klinger
William Lucking	...	Jules (as Bill Lucking)
Ellen Gerstein	...	Nurse #1
Patricia Conklin	...	Nurse #2
David Moody	...	Chester
Rozelle Gayle	...	Orderly
Martin Beck	...	Albert
Karen Rushmore	...	Callahan's Wife
Mae Williams	...	Waitress at Truckstop
George P. Wilbur	...	Billy Ray
Tom Pletts	...	Attendant

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:11 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Farmington, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

This film was supposed to be a drama. Star Robert Blake felt that the film should be a comedy instead. So the script was rewritten during production to make it funnier.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Madie drives the truck through the house at the end, the tractor is pointed 45 degrees down from the front, but from the side it's straight.

Quotes:

Charles Callahan: [Last Lines]
[to the repo man]
Charles Callahan: The keys are in the cab.
Madie Levrington: And the cab is in the living room.

Soundtrack:

You're Only Lonely

Blake and Cannon make a good screen-team, but this story doesn't come to much...

Spotty road-comedy has Dyan Cannon escaping from the booby hatch and hitching a ride with trucker Robert Blake. He's rather charmed by her after the usual hysterical preliminaries; seems she's not so crazy after all, and is on the run from bounty hunters hired by her nefarious husband. Cannon's natural effervescence is always a treat, and Blake is surprisingly warm and personable, but Stanley Weiser's screenplay isn't much more than a doodle. Some big laughs, and it does improve after a very sloppy opening half-hour. Mario Tosi's vivid cinematography is very good, though Joseph Sargent handles the direction like a traffic cop. ** from ****