Movie

Deadhead Miles (1972)

• R
• August 8, 1972
• 1h 33m

• Comedy

“Sit back and take a look at the heavy side of life through the window of a semi...”

Overview

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.

Director

Vernon Zimmerman

Writers

Terrence Malick, Vernon Zimmerman

Starring

Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict, Charles Durning