

Human Highway
1982-09-10 · 88 min · ★ 5.2
The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizarre characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.
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- Directors
- Dean Stockwell, Neil Young
- Production companies
- Shakey Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Neil YoungLionel Switch / Frankie Fontaine
Dean StockwellOtto Quartz
Dennis HopperCracker / Stranger
Sally KirklandKathryn
Russ TamblynFred Kelly
Charlotte StewartCharlotte Goodnight
Pegi YoungBiker Girl
Mark MothersbaughNuclear Garbageperson / Booji Boy
Gerald V. CasaleNuclear Garbageperson
Bob CasaleNuclear Garbageperson
Robert MothersbaughNuclear Garbageperson
Alan MyersNuclear Garbageperson
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