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Overview
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Writers:
William Asher (written by) and
Leo Townsend (written by)
Release Date:
7 June 1966 (USA) more
Tagline:
They're Running Hot! more
Plot:
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race... more | add synopsis
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Moonshine and NASCAR!!! more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Frankie Avalon | ... | Dave |
 | Annette Funicello | ... | Jane |
| Fabian | ... | Leander |
| Chill Wills | ... | Big Jaw |
| Harvey Lembeck | ... | Charlie Bigg |
| Julie Parrish | ... | Martha |
| Douglas Henderson | ... | Hastings (as Doug Henderson) |
| Sandy Reed | ... | The Announcer |
| Baynes Barron | ... | Bronson |
| Mary Hughes | ... | Leander Fan |
| Salli Sachse | ... | Leander Fan |
| Patti Chandler | ... | Leander Fan |
| Jo Collins | ... | Leander Fan |
| Karla Conway | ... | Leander Fan |
| Maria McBane | ... | Leander Fan (as Marie McBane) |
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92 min
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Color (Pathécolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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The "Fireball 500" is a heavily customized 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, with a relatively-bland 273 V-8 engine. more
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Dave: You know it's funny. There you are, laying there like a loser but yet you've got all the chips in front of you. You busted the game Leander. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Love Bug (1968) more
Soundtrack:
Country Carnival more
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This is a fairly innocuous little movie. No one rented tuxes for the 1967 Oscars for this one, but then no one is paying large sums of money to suppress it, either. It feels like a "Perry Mason" or "Route 66" TV episode.
For vintage erotica fans, there is a (mostly) accurate portrayal of the "Girlie Shows" that were once carnival staples. Fabian's character, Leander, has a group of young women following him around (Four of them period Playboy Playmates) and there is a seductive (slightly) older widow. The sex and romance is far from explicit (welcome in a movie with Chill Wills in it!) and is generally hinted at with meaningful glances.
For NASCAR fans there are some pretty good scenes of stock car racing 40 years ago, including some of the Daytona 500. Drivers that year apparently were racing for a $85,000 purse. (2006: $18 million).
It's well worth a rental. I bought mine as a two-sided DVD with "Thunder Alley" for under $15, and I feel the money was well-spent.