Anyone name this movie (70s?)

[Mark_Wilson]

Something about this reporter gets arrested for something and he can either go to jail or do an alternative punishment. The alt. punishment turns out to be this 'race' in the desert and if he can stay alive and reach the end he wins. Only other thing I know is the director currently has none of his films on DVD. I believe it came out in the 70s. I thought I had seen a foreign dvd release but since I can't remember the name I can't find it. This ring a bell for anyone?

Thanks

 

[PatrickL]

Could you mean Punishment Park?

 

[Henry Gale]

Sounds like a variation on The Most Dangerous Game (1932).
There have been a few others.....
A Game of Death (1945)
Run for the Sun (1956)
Bloodlust! (1961)
Woman Hunt (1972)
Escape 2000 (1981)
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987)
Deadly Prey (1987)
Lethal Woman (1989)
Deadly Game (1991) (TV)
Hard Target (1993)
Death Ring (1993) (V)
Final Round (1993)
Surviving the Game (1994)
The Pest (1997)

 

[Scott Weinberg]

I think you may be thinking of Death Race 2000.

 

[Hendrik]

...fwiw, 'Cult' Director Peter Watkin's 1971 Punishment Park is available on an (all-region/NTSC) French DVD:
http://www.doriane-films.com/films/dvd/pundvd.htm
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/fiche.php3?id=5382
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[Mark_Wilson]

Yes! It is Punishment Park. Thanks all!