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Overview
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Arch Hall Sr. (written by)
Release Date:
30 November 1961 (USA)
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Tagline:
Fuel Injected Action!
Plot:
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang. | Add synopsis »
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"Monkeys in my hat band?" What's up with that?
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Cast
(in credits order) | Arch Hall Jr. | ... | Jack 'Cruiser' Bryan |
 | Robert Paget | ... | Torch Lester (as Robert Padget) |
| Burr Middleton | ... | Snooper (as Mickey Hoyle) |
| Rex Holman | ... | Flip Johnson (as Roye Baker) |
| Chuck Barnes | ... | Ben Shore |
| Tom Brown | ... | Tom Hart |
| Marianne Gaba | ... | Liz |
| William Shaw | ... | Police Lt. Frank Fleming (as Bill Shaw) |
| Bruno VeSota | ... | Moose McGill |
| Britt Wood | ... | Cowboy Boggs |
| Dee Gee Green | ... | Gypsy |
| Richard Cowl | ... | Torch's Father (as Richard S. Cowl) |
| Patrick Hawley | ... | Officer Jenks (as Pat Hawley) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Arch Hall Sr. | ... | Jim Bradford (uncredited) |
| Carmella N. Hall | ... | Tina (uncredited) |
| Bill Rolland | ... | Man Handing Bradford a Microphone (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Leigh Jason | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Arch Hall Sr. | (written by) (as Arch Hall) | |
Produced by | |||
| M.B. Collins | .... | associate producer | |
| Arch Hall Sr. | .... | producer (as Arch Hall) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Al Pellegrini | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Clark Ramsey | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jack Ogilvie | (as Jack W. Ogilvie) | ||
Casting by | |||
| Malcolm Eagle | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Elmer Decker | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Richard M. Rubin | .... | property master | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tom Lambert | .... | sound technician | |
Music Department | |||
| Al Pellegrini | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Bill Rolland | .... | special car | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Fairway International Pictures (1961) (USA) (theatrical)
- Sinister Cinema (1990) (USA) (VHS)
- Fang Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
- Brentwood Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
- Brentwood Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (2002) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (????) (USA) (DVD)
- Globe
- Image Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Video Beat (????) (USA) (DVD)
- Video Beat (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Modern Film Effects (photographic effects)
- Ryder Sound Services recording service (as Ryder Sound)
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USA:66 min
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Trivia:
The hot rod Arch Hall Jr. drives in the film was a famous vehicle, built and owned by Bill Roland, that had been featured on the cover of "Hot Rod" magazine.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: As the Choppers' truck is driving down the highway, a police car - a 1957 Plymouth - pulls up behind them and turns on its siren to have them pull over. However, when the car pulls alongside of the truck and forces it to the side of the road, it has turned into a 1959 Chevy.See more »
Quotes:
Jack 'Cruiser' Bryan:[to Jim Bradford, as he is being arrested] We had a ball. A real ball.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Wild Guitar (1962)See more »
Soundtrack:
Up the CreekSee more »
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A delicious little JD film about kids who strip cars for parts. Yes, our youth has gone wild! But what's up with that song Arch Hall Jr. sings? "Monkeys in my hat band. I can do a hand stand" Poetic genius.
Would you believe that a life of stealing parts off cars can lead to a violent death? Lives are thrown by the way side in a climatic shoot out in the junk yard. And who's to blame? The parents.