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Your sister ran off to Hollywood? Time to commit vehicular manslaughter and fist-fight pimps. Family values, 1976 style.
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Trackdown (1976)

grindhouse fever dreamtoxic brother savior complexHollywood sleaze tourism

Overview

ActionWestern

When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get into trouble.

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Content warning
paternalistic control disguised as protectionthe exploitation of rural innocencemasculine violence as problem-solving

Standout Aspects

Acting

James Mitchum channels his dad's scowl with none of the charisma

Production

Genuine Hollywood Boulevard location shooting before it got Disneyfied

Best for:Solo: 2am curiosity about why this has 5 votes on TMDB·Friends: Irony-soaked group roast of brother-savior narratives·Streaming: When you need proof 1976 had no idea what feminism was
Heads up:Violence: Multiple beatings, one graphic shower assault, vehicular homicide played heroic·Sexual Content: 1970s 'prostitution as inevitable fate for runaways' exploitation vibes
Richard T. Heffron

Director

Richard T. Heffron

ReleasedMay 20, 1976
Runtime1h 38m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelmedium
United Artists
Essaness Pictures

Top Cast

James Mitchum

James Mitchum

Jim Calhoun

Karen Lamm

Karen Lamm

Betsy Calhoun

Anne Archer

Anne Archer

Barbara

Erik Estrada

Erik Estrada

Chucho

Cathy Lee Crosby

Cathy Lee Crosby

Lynn Strong

Joe La Due

Joe La Due

Ben

Ray Sharkey

Ray Sharkey

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Robert Mitchum reportedly refused to watch his son's film; James later called it 'the one that paid for my boat.'

Cultural

Released four years after Deliverance, this rode the 'rural innocence corrupted by urban evil' wave that peaked with Hardcore (1979).

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Trackdown (1976) Original Trailer [HD]

Trackdown (1976) Original Trailer [HD]

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