Checkered Flag or Crash
“You gotta be TOUGH to win...and CRAZY to try!”
1977•PG•1h 39m•4.6•Released
AdventureActionComedy
Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden, nicknamed so for his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking promoter Bo Cochran wants the race completed by any means necessary.
Director
Alan Gibson
Writer
Michael Allin
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Joe Don Baker
Walkaway Madden
Susan Sarandon
C.C. Wainwright
Larry Hagman
Bo Cochran
Alan Vint
Doc Pyle
Parnelli Jones
Self
Logan Clarke
Ringer
Daina House
Rider in Black
Michel Pitton
Perrier
Bert LeRoy Jr.
Fly
Dick Adair
Adams
Bill Cross
Angel
Ben Leeman
Pits
Eazy Black
Wilkinson
Cachupoy
Ramon
Eddie Mercado
Reporter
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Fred Weintraub
Producer
Paul M. Heller
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