During this time, the closed freeway was used as a location for several films, including Coffy, Corvette Summer, The Gumball Rally, Death Race 2000, Hardcore, and several American television series including "Adam-12", "Emergency!" and "CHiPs".
Coffy |
Directed by Jack Hill (Coffy, Switchblade Sisters), the film was tied up in litigation from 1964 until 1968.
He is best known for his role as King George in the 1973 film Coffy, starring Pam Grier, as Sgt. Warren Reed in the 1987 science fiction film RoboCop, the 1990 sequel RoboCop 2, and the 1993 sequel RoboCop 3.