The 3,000 Mile Chase

{{Short description|Film by Russ Mayberry}}

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| genre = Action
Drama

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| writer = Roy Huggins
Philip DeGuere

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| director = Russ Mayberry

| starring = Glenn Ford
Cliff De Young

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| theme_music_composer = Elmer Bernstein

| country = United States

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Roy Huggins

| producer = Jo Swerling Jr.

| editor = Larry Lester
Lawrence J. Vallario

| cinematography = Chuck Arnold

| location = Antelope Valley, California
Apollo Park - 4555 W. Avenue G, Lancaster, California
Jane Reynolds Park - 716 W. Oldfield Street, Lancaster, California

| runtime = 98 min

| company = Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions
Universal Television

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| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1977|04|06}}

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The 3,000 Mile Chase is a 1977 NBC action television film directed by Russ Mayberry and starring Glenn Ford and Cliff De Young.

Premise

Secret courier Matt Considine (Cliff De Young) accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak (Glenn Ford) and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York City. They have to cover 3,000 dangerous miles, because the drug mob wants to kill them at any price.

Cast

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ActorRole
Glenn FordPaul Dvorak - Leonard Staveck
Cliff De YoungMatt Considine - Marty Scanlon
David SpielbergFrank Oberon
Blair BrownRachel Kane
Priscilla PointerEmma Dvorak
Marc AlaimoRichards
Brendan DillonAmbrose Finn
Tom BowerRichette
Lane AllanLivingston
Michael J. LondonJacoby
Roger Aaron BrownProsecutor
John ZendaInspector

References

Movies on TV and Video Cassette 1989-1990 by Steven H. Scheuer.

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Movies made for television: the telefeature and the mini-series, 1964–1984, by Alvin H. Marill.