Death Valley
A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.
Dick Richards
Richard Rothstein
Casts & Crew
Paul Le Mat
Catherine Hicks
Stephen McHattie
Wilford Brimley
Peter Billingsley
Jack O'Leary
Mary Steelsmith
Gina Christian
Kirk L. Kiskella
Frank J. Cimorelli
Arnold C. Waterman
Fred W.S. Newton
J.P.S. Brown
Roy Gunsberg
Merritt Holloway
Glenn McCreedy
Earl W. Smith
Allan Wood
Edward Herrmann
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