In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.

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Cast

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Calamity Jane
Roberta Collins ...
Matilda the Hun
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Nero the Hero
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Myra
Don Steele ...
Junior Bruce (as The Real Don Steele)
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Grace Pander
Carle Bensen ...
Harold
Sandy McCallum ...
Mr. President
Paul L. Ehrmann ...
Special Agent (as Paul Laurence)
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Thomasina Paine
Vince Trankina ...
Lt. Fury
Bill Morey ...
Deacon
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Storyline

A champion of a brutal cross-country car race of the future where pedestrians are run down for points has a change of heart while being hounded by rivals and a conspiracy seeking to stop the race. Written by Keith Loh <[email protected]>

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A Cross Country Road Wreck! See more »

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Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Sport

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Release Date:

27 April 1975 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Frankensteins Todesrennen  »

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Budget:

$300,000 (estimated)
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(Metrocolor)

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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Producer Roger Corman challenged popular YouTube channel CinemaSins to make a sin video on one of his films, this film being the one. CinemaSins is a channel that nitpicks and criticizes many movies for entertainment. See more »

Goofs

The racers are shown driving through mountainous terrain even when they are supposed to be in parts of the country such as New Jersey and Missouri that don't have any mountains of this type. See more »

Quotes

[Opening; The United Provinces version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played at the fictional New York Memorial Raceway]
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Deacon: O, great American multitude and sports fans everywhere, today we inaugurate the 20th Annual Trans-Continental Road Race. Today, the five bravest young men and women in this greatest of nations will risk their lives in the greatest sporting event since the day the Sparticus! Three days hence, a new American champion will be crowned for all the world to behold, in...
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Connections

Referenced in The Toxic Avenger (1984) See more »

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The movie that made Sylvester Stallone a trivia question
12 April 2001 | by (Tucson AZ) – See all my reviews

This film received one of the ultimate compliments: they made it into a pinball machine (a good one, too) and it's probably one of two subjects Sylvester Stallone wishes would go away! Fred Grandy is probably glad his role isn't as prominent. Actually, as a movie, it's pretty decent. I enjoyed it myself. Mary Woronov did a great job and most of the other leads are good as well. Stop the proceedings, Oscars for everyone! Worth watching.


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