Rolling Man (1972)
Lonnie's getting out. After four years in prison. Now he wants to find the man who wrecked his life. Now he wants to find his sons ... and love again.
After serving time in prison for attempted murder of the man who caused his wife's death, hard-luck loser Lonnie comes home to find that all of his belongings have been sold and his two boys have been given to strangers to raise. He sets out across the country to find them and possibly to find himself.
- Date of release
- 1972-10-04
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Peter Hyams
Casting
- Dennis Weaver — Lonnie McAfee
- Don Stroud — Harold Duncan
- Donna Mills — Bebe Lotter
- Jimmy Dean — Lyman Hawkes
- Agnes Moorehead — Grandmother
- Sheree North — Ruby
- Slim Pickens — Chuck
- Linda Gaye Scott — Crystal
- Devra Korwin — Mildred Slye
- Donald Larkin — Lester McAfee
Interesting facts
Rolling Man is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Peter Hyams in his directorial debut. It premiered on ABC as the ABC Movie of the Week on October 4, 1972.
Production
The film was based on a script by Stephen and Elinor Karpf, based on Elinor Karpf's upbringing in Missouri. Barry Diller read the script and approved it in December 1, 1971 - the film started shooting four weeks later on 27 December. The Karpfs produced and got Peter Hyams, who had just made T.R. Baskin, to make his directorial debut.
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