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Speedtrap is 1977 police chase action film starring Joe Don Baker and Tyne Daly. Plot. After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in private investigator Pete Novick (Joe Don Baker) to solve the case.
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Overview. After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can.
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A daredevil car thief called the Road Runner is terrorizing the Los Angeles area, and to solve the crime, the insurance companies have put their heads together and sent Pete Novick (Joe Don Baker), insurance investigator extraordinaire, to crack the case.
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Synopsis. In Phoenix, Arizona, the Roadrunner, a mysterious car thief dressed in black, steals a Jensen Interceptor from a suburban garage and is pursued by a police car, which is run off a bridge and crashes on impact. A couple good Samaritans, who witnessed and followed the chase, arrive to pull the officer to safety, before the car explodes.
