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Fireball 500 (1966) -- A stock-car racing driver arrives in a town, hoping to win money at its track. A promoter hires him for an evening cross-country race, which turns out to be a bootlegging run.

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Director:
William Asher
Writers:
William Asher (written by) and
Leo Townsend (written by)
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Release Date:
7 June 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Action more
Tagline:
They're Running Hot! more
Plot:
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Moonshine and NASCAR!!! more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Frankie Avalon ... Dave

Annette Funicello ... Jane
Fabian ... Leander
Chill Wills ... Big Jaw
Harvey Lembeck ... Charlie Bigg
Julie Parrish ... Martha
Douglas Henderson ... Hastings (as Doug Henderson)
Sandy Reed ... The Announcer
Baynes Barron ... Bronson
Mary Hughes ... Leander Fan
Salli Sachse ... Leander Fan
Patti Chandler ... Leander Fan
Jo Collins ... Leander Fan
Karla Conway ... Leander Fan
Maria McBane ... Leander Fan (as Marie McBane)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated
Company:
American International Pictures (AIP) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Average Shot Length = ~4.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.4 seconds. more
Quotes:
Jane: Is Dave in trouble?
Leander: Yeah, I think so.
Jane: This may sound like a foolish feminine question but why don't you help him?
Leander: I can't. He's doing it to himself.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Love Bug (1968) more
Soundtrack:
A Chance Like That more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Moonshine and NASCAR!!!, 22 February 2006
5/10
Author: Tomlonso from Kalamazoo MI

This is a fairly innocuous little movie. No one rented tuxes for the 1967 Oscars for this one, but then no one is paying large sums of money to suppress it, either. It feels like a "Perry Mason" or "Route 66" TV episode.

For vintage erotica fans, there is a (mostly) accurate portrayal of the "Girlie Shows" that were once carnival staples. Fabian's character, Leander, has a group of young women following him around (Four of them period Playboy Playmates) and there is a seductive (slightly) older widow. The sex and romance is far from explicit (welcome in a movie with Chill Wills in it!) and is generally hinted at with meaningful glances.

For NASCAR fans there are some pretty good scenes of stock car racing 40 years ago, including some of the Daytona 500. Drivers that year apparently were racing for a $85,000 purse. (2006: $18 million).

It's well worth a rental. I bought mine as a two-sided DVD with "Thunder Alley" for under $15, and I feel the money was well-spent.

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