A TV-movie oriented actioner with Joe Don Baker as laid-back private investigator Pete Novick, who is called in by the Phoenix police to track down an mysterious car thief known as the Roadrunner terrorizing the city. His partner is policewoman Nifty Nolan (Tyne Daly), who happens to be his ex-girlfriend. A number of well-staged car chases are seen throughout, with a sub-plot involving a drug ring that may or may not be linked to the car thefts. Earl Bellamy's direction adds a lot of humor and suspense with nice supporting roles by Morgan Woodward as the exasperated police captain, Robert Loggia as rich local drug kingpin Spillano, Richard Jaeckel as Novick's mechanic pal Billy, Lana Wood as nutty psychic New Blossom, and the ever-creepy Timothy Carey as Loomis, Spillano's right-hand man.
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