Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Name: Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-12-03
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Robert Conrad, Sian Barbara Allen, Buddy Ebsen

TV Movie
1976
Not Rated
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

472

YOUR RATING

Drama

Flashbacks profile California motorists involved in a disastrous 39-car smash-up over a holiday weekend.Flashbacks profile California motorists involved in a disastrous 39-car smash-up over a holiday weekend.Flashbacks profile California motorists involved in a disastrous 39-car smash-up over a holiday weekend.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

472

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The exact site of the smash up is on the westbound side of Interstate 210 in La Crescenta, California, approximately one mile before the Sunland Boulevard exit. The freeway was under construction during filming in 1976, and was not open from Lowell Avenue to Sunland Boulevard. Corvette Summer (1978) used this same section of Interstate 210 in that film's finale.

Goofs
For the entire film, Sgt. Marcam's CHP cruiser is a then-new 1976 Dodge Monaco (an intermediate sized car). For the crash sequence at the end of the film, his car changes into a much larger 1973 Dodge Polara (no doubt a budget consideration, as the car is wrecked).

Quotes
Barbara Hutton: Sam... Jimmy... Where's Jimmy?... Why isn't Jimmy here?..Somebody better tell me.
Sergeant Sam Marcum: Barbara there was a shooting incident. He was on his way here... There was a shooting incident.
Barbara Hutton: Shot?
Sergeant Sam Marcum: [Sergeant Marcum knods his head yes ever so slightly]
Barbara Hutton: He's dead. He was on his way over here.
[breaks down crying]
Barbara Hutton: Oh God! Oh God! He never got to see the baby. He's dead. He never even got to see the baby!

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Featured review

7/10

Good Movie for the time

I saw this movie when it aired on ABC, and at the time I was 10 years old. This movie scared the daylights out of me, but I have always remembered it for decades. I'd love to be able to see it again, and have just now saw it posted on here. I didn't realize the amount of stars that at the time weren't even known. This and several other movies from ABC's line up would be great to get on DVD.

I know now why highways have always scared me, and it was because of this movie. I still can't believe that my parents let me watch it at such a young age, but then I saw Deer Hunter, Godfather and Apocalypse Now before I was ten.