
Overview:
A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.Status: | Released (1971-07-07) |
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Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations total |
Screen: | Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry, Floyd Mutrux |
Productions: | Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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Casts
- 97351: James Taylor - The Driver
- 8255: Warren Oates - G.T.O.
- 23187: Dennis Wilson - The Mechanic
- 97352: Laurie Bird - The Girl
- 64065: Rudy Wurlitzer - Hot Rod Driver
- 5048: Harry Dean Stanton - Oklahoma Hitchhiker
- 97357: Jaclyn Hellman - Hot Rod Driver's Girl
Crews
- 20921: Monte Hellman - Director - Directing
- 97355: Michael Laughlin - Producer - Production
- 97356: Jack Deerson - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2871: Fred Roos - Casting - Production
- 64065: Rudy Wurlitzer - Screenplay - Writing
- 97353: Will Corry - Screenplay - Writing
- 97353: Will Corry - Story - Writing
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Reviews
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**_The metaphoric endless highway of meaningless life_** A driver and mechanic of a souped-up ’55 Chevy (James Taylor and Dennis Wilson) have one-track minds as they drive across the American landscape, picking up a searchin’ teen girl who’s into casual sex (Laurie Bird) and setti ....
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<strong>Those Satisfactions are Permanent</strong> As the film opens we meet the Driver (James Taylor) and the Mechanic (Dennis Wilson). They live to race and race to live. We never learn their names nor their relationship to each other. The Girl (Laurie Bird) joins them by removi ....
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