1971 • R • 1h 42m
6.9/10
(228 users) 
Overview
A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1 A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.
6.9/10
(228 users) Cast / Crew 
James Taylor The Driver 
Warren Oates G.T.O. 
Dennis Wilson The Mechanic 
Laurie Bird The Girl 
Rudy Wurlitzer Hot Rod Driver 
Harry Dean Stanton Oklahoma Hitchhiker 
Jaclyn Hellman Hot Rod Driver's Girl 
Alan Vint Man in Roadhouse 
Katherine Squire Old Woman 
Bill Keller Texas Hitchhiker David Drake Needles Station Attendant Richard Ruth Needles Station Mechanic Don Samuels Texas Policeman #1 Charles Moore Texas Policeman #2 Tom Green Boswell Attendant 
Monte Hellman Director 
Michael Laughlin Producer Jack Deerson Director of Photography 
Fred Roos Casting Rudy Wurlitzer Screenplay Will Corry Screenplay Will Corry Story Floyd Mutrux Screenplay Jennifer Shull Casting Walter Coblenz Unit Production Manager Ken Swor Assistant Director Howard S. Wollman Sound Recordist Don MacDougall Sound Effects Editor John R. Hamilton Still Photographer 
John Bailey Assistant Camera
James Taylor The Driver Warren Oates G.T.O. Dennis Wilson The Mechanic Laurie Bird The Girl Rudy Wurlitzer Hot Rod Driver Harry Dean Stanton Oklahoma Hitchhiker Jaclyn Hellman Hot Rod Driver's Girl Alan Vint Man in Roadhouse Katherine Squire Old Woman Bill Keller Texas Hitchhiker David Drake Needles Station Attendant Richard Ruth Needles Station Mechanic Don Samuels Texas Policeman #1 Charles Moore Texas Policeman #2 Tom Green Boswell Attendant Monte Hellman Director Michael Laughlin Producer Jack Deerson Director of Photography Fred Roos Casting Rudy Wurlitzer Screenplay Will Corry Screenplay Will Corry Story Floyd Mutrux Screenplay Jennifer Shull Casting Walter Coblenz Unit Production Manager Ken Swor Assistant Director Howard S. Wollman Sound Recordist Don MacDougall Sound Effects Editor John R. Hamilton Still Photographer John Bailey Assistant Camera 
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