The Desperate Miles
The Desperate Miles

The Desperate Miles

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1975
1h 30m
7.0(1 votes)
Drama
TV Movie

Overview

A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.

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