---
title: 'Deadhead Miles (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vernon Zimmerman'
released: '1973-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/deadhead-miles-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068452/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Deadhead Miles (1973)

1973 · 93 min · United States


## Synopsis

Deadhead Miles is a 1972 American absurdist comedy road film directed by Vernon Zimmerman, written by Terrence Malick, and stars Alan Arkin as Cooper, a hillbilly drifter who takes a Peterbilt semi-truck with stolen goods on a long haul cross-country trip along with an unnamed English hitchhiker.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vernon Zimmerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-zimmerman)
- **Screenplay:** [Vernon Zimmerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-zimmerman), [Terrence Malick](https://cinepixo.com/people/terrence-malick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tom T. Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-t-hall)
- **Producer:** [Tony Bill](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-bill)
- **Editor:** [Danford B. Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/danford-b-greene)

## Cast

- [William Duell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-duell)
- [Richard Kiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kiel)
- [John Steadman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-steadman)
- [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius)
- [Loretta Swit](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-swit)
- [Barnard Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/barnard-hughes)
- [Bruce Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-bennett)
- [Avery Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/avery-schreiber)
- [John Quade](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-quade)
- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)
- [Ida Lupino](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-lupino)
- [Diane Shalet](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-shalet)
- [George Raft](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-raft)
- [Héctor Elizondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-elizondo)
- [Allen Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-garfield)

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