Four strangers are thrown together in a carpool when a bag of money, almost a million dollars, falls from a Brinks truck into their path. Because of circumstances, they are unable to turn in the money, and they struggle over what to do. They are pursued by thieves, the mob, and the police.
Acting
Harvey Korman doing barely-contained panic for 100 minutes.
Production
Gloriously cheap 80s TV movie aesthetic, shot on actual locations.
Director
E.W. Swackhamer
Harvey Korman
Wendell Brooks
Peter Scolari
Robert Duff
T.K. Carter
Otis Vaughan
Stephanie Faracy
Jennifer O'Connor
Chuck McCann
Detective Ryan
Graham Jarvis
Feeney
Dick Yarmy
Lieutenant Ross
Maxine Stuart
Ruth Grogan
Ernest Borgnine
Mickey Doyle
William Bogert
Stevens
Susan Peretz
Edna Feeney
Dick Balduzzi
Fred Grubb
Bartine Burkett
Rose Doyle
Sally Kemp
Anita Brooks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a failed TV pilot repackaged as a movie—explains the 'pilot episode' pacing and unresolved energy.
Peter Scolari was simultaneously filming 'Bosom Buddies,' making this his secret double life as a leading man.
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