A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for his own son to win.
Practical Effects
Actual drag strip footage with period-accurate funny cars.
Acting
Robert Culp devouring scenery as the corrupt boss T.L. Munn.
Production
Shot on location at real Southern California racing venues.
Director
George Armitage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director George Armitage later wrote Grosse Pointe Blank and directed Miami Blues—this was his TV movie training ground.
Made during the brief 1978-79 boom in TV movies about illegal street racing, capitalizing on the real-world popularity of NHRA events.
US
