Rollercoaster

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Rollercoaster (1977)

PG 06/10/1977 (US) Action, Thriller 1h 59m

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Somewhere in the crowd is a killer who can turn smiles into screams.

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A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.

James Goldstone

Director
Richard Levinson

Screenplay
William Link

Screenplay
Tommy Cook

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George Segal

Harry Calder
Richard Widmark

Agent Hoyt
Timothy Bottoms

Young Man
Harry Guardino

Keefer
Susan Strasberg

Fran
Henry Fonda

Simon Davenport
Helen Hunt

Tracy Calder
Dorothy Tristan

Helen
Harry Davis

Benny Neilson
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on July 24, 2019

Wrong psychological profile, Harry. I'm not in this for kicks.

Rollercoaster is directed by James Goldstone and co-adapted to screenplay by Sanford Sheldon, Richard Levinson and William Link from a suggested Tommy Cook story. It stars George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg and Helen Hunt. A Panavision/Technicolor production in Sensurround, it features music by Lalo Schifrin and photography by David M. Walsh.

A psychopathic bomber known only as "Young Man" (Bottoms) is causing terror at American theme parks. When safety inspector Harry Calder (Segal... read the rest.

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