Rearview Mirror (film)

Rearview Mirror is a 1984 American TV movie directed by Lou Antonio. The script was by Lorenzo Semple Jr. based on a novel by Caroline B. Cooney which had been published in 1980.

Premise
Jerry Sam Hopps, an escaped convict and psychopathic murderer and his cousin terrorize a woman, Terry Seton, and force her to drive them through North Carolina, with a separately kidnapped baby. A visiting police detective pursues.

Cast

 * Lee Remick as Terry Seton
 * Tony Musante as Vince Martino
 * Michael Beck as Jerry Sam Hopps
 * Jim Antonio as Chief Yates
 * Don Galloway as Roger Seton
 * Ned Bridges as Powell

Production
The film was made in October 1984.

Reception
The New York Times said "one begins to wonder early on, did a bunch of nice actors get caught in a kinky and pointless exercise like this?"

The Chicago Tribune called it "scary but goofy."

The Washington Post called it "a strikingly well-done nail biter."