Pray for the Wildcats (1974)
They're off on a wild motorcycle trip into hell... a bully... a coward... a survivor... and a man who faces his own death and finds a courage he never knew he had.
Three ad agency executives are pressured into taking a motorbike trip to Baja by a big-ticket client. Along the way, the client is spurned by a young woman whose boyfriend sticks up for her. The client later disables their van, leading to their deaths in the desert. When the executives piece together what has happened, it leads to a showdown.
- Date of release
- 1974-01-23
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie, Thriller, Action
- Director
- Robert Michael Lewis
Casting
- Andy Griffith — Sam Farragut
- William Shatner — Warren Summerfield
- Robert Reed — Paul McIlvain
- Marjoe Gortner — Terry Maxon
- Angie Dickinson — Nancy McIlvain
- Janet Margolin — Krissie Kincaid
- Lorraine Gary — Lila Summerfield
- John Barbour — Howard Norlan
- Robert Burton — Michael
- Marilyn Hearn — Loris
- William Wintersole — Mr. Perrins
- Paul Kent — Dr. Harris
Interesting facts
Pray for the Wildcats is a 1974 American made-for-television thriller film about a psychopathic business executive chasing his workers on dirtbikes through the desert after he killed a young man. The film was directed by Robert Michael Lewis and starred William Shatner and Andy Griffith, Robert Reed, Marjoe Gortner, Angie Dickinson, and Lorraine Gary. It originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 23, 1974.
Production
It was mainly shot in the Baja California desert, although the Mexican town scenes were shot on location at Old Tucson.
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