The California Kid
“In this town a speeding ticket is a death sentence.”
1974•1h 14m•6.3•Released
ActionThrillerTV Movie
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
Director
Richard T. Heffron
Writer
Richard Compton
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Television
Cast
Martin Sheen
Michael McCord
Vic Morrow
Sheriff Roy Childress
Michelle Phillips
Maggie
Stuart Margolin
Deputy
Nick Nolte
Buzz Stafford
Janit Baldwin
Sissy
Gary Morgan
Lyle Stafford
Frederic Downs
Judge J.A. Hooker
Don Mantooth
Jack
Joe Estevez
Don McCord
Britt Leach
Johnny
Norman Bartold
Howard
Barbara Collentine
Edith
Michael Richardson
Charley
Gavan O'Herlihy
Tom
Production
Company
Universal Television
Company
ABC
Producer
Howie Horwitz
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