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Director:
H.B. Halicki
Writer:
H.B. Halicki (writer)
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Release Date:
August 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
The chase thriller of the 80s more
Plot:
Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
One of the coolest carcrash flicks ever more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gone in 60 Seconds II (USA) (working title)
Gone in Sixty Seconds 2: The Junkman (Australia)
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Runtime:
USA:96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Anaheim, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The house that explodes and "kills" Harlan when he crashes into it at the end of the main chase was actually constructed by director H.B. Halicki and his crew on Halicki's own ranch in Paso Robles, CA. Halicki put dynamite under the floor before dressing the house up, complete with food in the fridge, and fed the resulting explosion with barrels of gas and rubber tires. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Cable holding Mexican's car in place visible while it is standing in the air. more
Quotes:
Susan Clark: Look at this. We found your picture at the plane crash site.
Harlan Hollis: That's a publicity shot. I haven't even seen it yet!
Susan Clark: Well then that means that it must be someone *inside* your company that's trying to kill you.
Harlan Hollis: I just don't want to believe that either Richard, Michael or Arthur would want to kill me.
Susan Clark: Well somebody has gone to a lot of time and trouble to get rid of you, and they've been pretty damn obvious about it!
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Movie Connections:
Follows Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
One of the coolest carcrash flicks ever, 15 December 2005
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Author: Florian Köhler from Munich, Bavaria

Everybody who loves cars and action will eat this movie. It's even something like an autobiography of H. B. Halicki. The hole lifestory of Harlen Hollis we see is much the same as Halickis own. When you think that Jackie Chan is a tough guy doing all stunts himself, than watch this movie and Gone in 60 second and see how crazy Mr. Halicki is. H. B. did everything himself, even the scenes where stuntpeople said that it is to dangerous. When you see this film from the special edition DVD, and you know the original soundtrack from Hoyt Axton, you may get a little disappointed, because it has been changed to lifeless synthesiser music.

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