Smash Up on Interstate 5

SmashUp on Interstateis a 1976 madeforTV disaster film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Based on the novel Expressway written by Trevor Dudley Smith, the film chronicles the aftermath of acar smashup in California.

43 hours before the accident, Erica meets with her colleague Trudy Terry Moore at a sleazy bar, where she is introduced to a freespirited life style. She is picked up by a doctor, Danny Herb Edelman, but leaves the bar without him, despite his attempts to flirt with her. Meanwhile, Penny and Pete rob a gas station, and a gunfight leaves Pete injured, and the gas station owner shot. Seventeen hours later, they steal a car, while the owner Lee Bassett drivers under gunpoint. Nearby, Sergeant Marcum holds a truck for speeding, driven by Randy Barry Hamilton, and warns the owner, who is in the back having intercourse with a woman Cindy Daly.Two hours later, Erica is phoned by Danny, who is warning her that he will come over. To flee the home, Erica calls her daughter Susie, asking her if she can come over in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Pete shoots Officer Hutton when he attempts to hold him and Penny and Lee over. Unbeknownst to Pete, Huttons wife Barbara has just got into labor and requests Jimmys presence. Laureen, who assists the birth, is bothered by Sam yet again. She tries to explain that she does not want to marry a man with a dangerous job, considering her wish to start a happy family. The discussion is interrupted by the news of Jimmys death, leaving Barbara heartbroken. Back at the car with the fugitive couple, Lee is able to steal Petes gun due to Petes severe injuries, and leaves only to steal another car, afraid that the police will account him as an accessory to murder because of his past as a criminal. Penny, who does not know Pete very well, convinces Lee to take her with him. ........

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