Deadhead Miles

Deadhead Miles

Sit back and take a look at the heavy side of life through the window of a semi...

1972 · 93 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.

Directed by Vernon Zimmerman · Written by Terrence Malick

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