The Junkman (1982)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

H.B. Halicki

Writer:

H.B. Halicki (writer)

Release Date:

August 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The chase thriller of the 80s

Plot:

Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him...

Plot Keywords:

Chase | Car Chase | Car Crash | Independent Film

Cast

H.B. Halicki	...	Harlan B. Hollis
Christopher Stone	...	Michael Fox
Susan Shaw	...	Susan Clark
Lang Jeffries	...	Arthur Wheeler
Bruce Cameron	...	Bruce
Jack Vacek	...	Jack
Dan Grimaldi	...	Larry Bergleman
Kelly Busia	...	Kelly Hollis
Richard L. Muse	...	Richard Harris Hill
Freddy Cannon	...	Himself
Sharon McCreedy	...	Richard's secretary
Lynda Day George	...	Festival News Reporter
Dennis Stouffer	...	Dennis (security man)
Judi Gibbs	...	Christine
Brian LaBonge	...	Brian

Also Known As:

Gone in 60 Seconds II (USA) (working title)
Gone in Sixty Seconds 2: The Junkman (Australia)

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co.

Trivia:

The movie took two years to make.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Susan explains to Harlan that they found his photo in the wreckage of one of the planes sent to kill him, but as the shot switches her mouth is closed.

Quotes:

Susan Clark: Michael, I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do?
Michael Fox: Yeah, you can tell me what happened. You were up there.
Susan Clark: There was an explosion - it look like World War III. It was terrible! I- I just don't know!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Deadline Auto Theft (1983)

the car chase movie of the 80's

You may find it worth noting that the soundtrack on the reissued DVD (currently only available in Region 1 format) is different from the original video issue. Presumably for copyright clearance reasons the 'Great American Dream' song at the start has been removed - which is a shame. If you really (and I mean really) like Junkman then find the DVD issue of Deadline Auto Theft / Gone in 60 Seconds II which contains Deadline Auto Theft - a movie made up of stunts filmed for the original Gone in 60 Seconds / Junkman. And the edited stunts rushes footage from the never finished sequel to 'Gone' called 'Gone in 60 Seconds II' - HB Halicki was killed on the set while filming it so only the rushes remain as he did all the stuntwork first before working the plot around it.