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60% Critic Match
Rollercoaster
“Somewhere in the crowd is a killer who can turn smiles into screams.”
6.0 / 10• 1977• 1h 59m•PG• English
ActionThriller
Storyline
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Cast & Crew
George Segal
Harry Calder
Lead
Richard Widmark
Agent Hoyt
Timothy Bottoms
Young Man
Harry Guardino
Keefer
Susan Strasberg
Fran
Henry Fonda
Simon Davenport
Helen Hunt
Tracy Calder
Dorothy Tristan
Helen
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James Goldstone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Rollercoaster is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
