Practical Effects
Real cars being destroyed before CGI existed.
Acting
Anne Baxter giving 110% to material that gives 40%.
Director
Leslie H. Martinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leslie H. Martinson directed 76 episodes of Batman; this TV movie shares that same candy-colored approach to danger.
Released months after the real 1970 Formula One season's multiple driver deaths, making its 'glory through death' tagline genuinely uncomfortable.
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