LOS ANGELES Richard Sarafian, an influential film director whose 1971 countercultural car-chase thriller "Vanishing Point" brought him a decades-long cult following, has died in Southern California, ...

Barry Newman, who propelled a supercharged Dodge Challenger across the American West in Vanishing Point and portrayed a defense attorney on the NBC series Petrocelli, has died. He was 92. Newman died ...

Barry Newman, the Emmy-nominated actor who starred in the 1971 cult action thriller “Vanishing Point” and as the eponymous lawyer in the NBC series “Petrocelli,” died on May 11. He was 92. No further ...

Lost in many discussions of top auto-themed movies is 1971's "Vanishing Point," starring Barry Newman as "Kowalski" -- Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam, former racer, and disillusioned cop turned ...

Ex-racing driver Kowalski bets he can drive his souped-up car from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. Fuelled by speed, Kowalski puts his foot down. But the police can't tolerate a speeder on their ...

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Barry Newman was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe award for "Petrocelli." (NBC) Barry Newman, who somehow made souped-up muscle cars look even cooler in the 1971 film “Vanishing Point” ...