Lee Bassett — Smash-Up on Interstate 5 Character Profile

About Lee Bassett

Criminal with a troubled past who is forced at gunpoint to drive for fleeing robbers Pete and Penny. Steals Pete's gun to escape police suspicion after Pete's death. Forms a romance with Penny before both are killed in the interstate collision.

Character Facts

Played by

Scott Jacoby

Appears in

Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Lee Bassett — Conflict Pursuer And Fugitive — Sergeant Sam Marcum (Robert Conrad)

  Sam's pursuit of Lee directly contributes to the chain of events leading to the interstate collision.

  Sam receives information about the van carrying Lee and Penny and begins a large police chase.

• Lee Bassett — Power Coerced Driver — Pete (George O'Hanlon, Jr.)

  Pete controls Lee through violence, turning him into an unwilling driver during the escape.

  Pete and Penny force Lee to drive their stolen car at gunpoint after he is taken from his vehicle.

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More characters from Smash-Up on Interstate 5

• Sergeant Sam Marcum (Robert Conrad)
• Barbara Hutton (Sian Barbara Allen)
• Al Pearson (Buddy Ebsen)
• Danny (Herb Edelman)
• Dale (David Groh)
• Erica (Vera Miles)
• Burnsey (Sue Lyon)
• Laureen (Donna Mills)
• June Pearson (Harriet Nelson)
• Officer Estevez (Joe Kapp)
• Randy (Barry Hamilton)
• Penny (Bonnie Ebsen)