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Fireball 500 (1966)
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7 June 1966 (USA)
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Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race...
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Nice try at something different
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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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The "Fireball 500" is a heavily customized 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, with a relatively-bland 273 V-8 engine.
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Featured in The Love Bug (1968)
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A Chance Like That
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Bill Asher and Samuel Z. Arkoff & James Nicholson at American International give "Fireball 500" the old college try. They gave their stock beach party ensemble (minus a few of the usual screw crew such as John Ashley, Donna Loren and Jody McCrea) something heavier and darker to try.
This is more like an early '60s Elvis film than one of the zany Beach flicks. It's a serious film. There's no comic relief to be found anywhere. Only a couple songs sung on stage instead of on the sand and in the surf or dorm.
Also, guys like Harvey Lembeck get the opportunity to stretch and play a something far different from his legendary Rats motorcycle gang leader, Erich Von Zipper. In this one, he is not his ideal - ha-ha!
Frankie Avalon is a stock car driver with a past coerced into going undercover and runnig moonshine for Harvey Lembeck. Annette Funicello is to be fought over, but Frankie doesn't get her as usual! How about that! In fact, they don't even really like each other in this one.
If you see it, don't expect a sequel to "Beach Blanket Bingo" because it's not. Take it on its own terms.