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07/07/1971 Drama 1h 42m
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no beginning... no end... no speed limit...

Overview

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

  1. Monte Hellman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Taylor

    The Driver

  2. Warren Oates

    G.T.O.

  3. Dennis Wilson

    The Mechanic

  4. Laurie Bird

    The Girl

  5. Rudy Wurlitzer

    Hot Rod Driver

  6. Harry Dean Stanton

    Oklahoma Hitchhiker

  7. Jaclyn Hellman

    Hot Rod Driver's Girl

  8. Alan Vint

    Man in Roadhouse

  9. Katherine Squire

    Old Woman

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2022-11-18
**_The metaphoric endless highway of meaningless life_**

A driver and mechanic of a souped-up ’55 Chevy (James Taylor and Dennis Wilson) have one-track minds as they drive across the American landscape, picking up a searchin’ teen girl who’s into casual sex (Laurie Bird) and setting-up a non-race to nowhere with a man in a GTO from an earlier generation (Warren Oates).

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$850,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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