Smokey and the hot wire gang

Car chases abound in this action-packed story of a youth gang who strike fear into the citizens of a small town with their crazy and dangerous speed racing and the efforts of a group of truckers to locate a beautiful, hot-rodding car thief. Cast includes George Barris, James Keach and Carla Ziegfield.

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Credits

producer/director

Anthony Cardoza

production company

Ace Pix

Westernro

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310257

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Action & Adventure

Action & Adventure → Action films

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Automobile theft

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1976

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