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Maximum Overdrive(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-07-13
58%
783 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
Overview:
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $10,000,000.00
Revenue: $7,400,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Maximum Overdrive
Top 10 Billed Cast
Emilio Estevez
Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle
Hendershot
Laura Harrington
Brett
Yeardley Smith
Connie
Ellen McElduff
Wanda June
J.C. Quinn
Duncan
Christopher Murney
Camp Loman
Holter Graham
Deke
Frankie Faison
Handy
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Video: Maximum Overdrive (1986) original theatrical trailer [FTD-0203]
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