Fireball Jungle (1969)

Ambitious driver, wanting to get to the top of the stock-car circuit, gets mixed up with gangsters.

Director:

Joseph P. Mawra

Writer:

Harry Whittington

Stars:

John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Alan Mixon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Russell	...	Nero
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Sammy (as Lon Chaney)
Alan Mixon	...	Ronald Elwood 'Cateye' Meares (as Allan Mixon)
Randy Kirby	...	Steve Cullen
Chuck Daniel	...	Marty
Nancy Donohue	...	Ann Tracey
Vicki Nunis	...	Judy
Kathy Roberts
Linda Roberts
Candy Stebbins
Mercy	...	Themselves (as The Mercy Group)
Dohle Rast
Pat Rast
Babs Beatty
Ronnie Bell

Storyline

Ambitious driver, wanting to get to the top of the stock-car circuit, gets mixed up with gangsters.

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Plot Keywords:

automobile racing | independent film

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Genres:

Crime

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Jungle Terror

Filming Locations:

Hialeah, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Americana Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Petrified Beast from the Frozen Zone (1990)

User Reviews

Stuff like this causes suicide amongst projectionists

Stupid plot, stupid dialog, stupider situations, all leading up to a really stupid car chase at the end. This is the kind of stuff that gets purposefully left off of resumes. I saw this back in 69 as part of a double feature (they used to show you two movies for the price of one--really, it was standard operations.) I don't remember the other movie because it wasn't nearly as dumb. But somehow I seem to remember having to watch this turkey twice--no doubt the fault of my then-girlfriend, who would drag me out of movies because she couldn't follow the plot. I thought of this film immediately when I learned that IMDB has a "Bottom 100" list. This needs to be included.