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Fast Company
Dir. David Cronenberg
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Fast Company
“Strap yourself into a car that flies 240 miles an hour down a quarter mile track.”
Drama
Action
Director
David Cronenberg
Screenplay
Phil Savath, Courtney Smith
An over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-company executive who sponsors his team.
Release
Mar 18, 1979
Budget
$1M
Country
Canada
Revenue
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Cast
William Smith
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Claudia Jennings
Sammy
John Saxon
Phil Adamson
Nicholas Campbell
Billy 'The Kid' Brocker
Don Francks
Elder
Cedric Smith
Gary 'The Blacksmith' Black
Robert Haley
P.J.
George Buza
Meatball
David Petersen
Slezak
Michael Bell
Chuck Randall
Michael Ouellette
TV Camera Crew
Dave Barker
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Neil Dainard
Racetrack Driver (uncredited)
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