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62% Critic Match
Deadhead Miles
“Sit back and take a look at the heavy side of life through the window of a semi...”
6.2 / 10• 1972• 1h 33m•R• English
Comedy
Storyline
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.
Cast & Crew
Alan Arkin
Cooper
Lead
Paul Benedict
Hitchhiker
Charles Durning
Truck Driver in Cafe
Héctor Elizondo
Duke
Bruce Bennett
Johnny Mesquitero
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
George Raft
George Raft
Loretta Swit
Lady with glass eye
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vernon Zimmerman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Deadhead Miles is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
