Eat My Dust (1976)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Charles B. Griffith

Writer:

Charles B. Griffith (writer)

Release Date:

April 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

The craziest driver in town steals the fastest car in the state, and tears up Puckerbush County!

Plot:

Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her...

Plot Keywords:

Automobile | Racing | Low Budget Film | Independent Film

Cast

Ron Howard	...	Hoover Niebold
Christopher Norris	...	Darlene Kurtz
Brad David	...	Billy B. Westerby
Kathy O'Dare	...	Miranda Smith
Clint Howard	...	George Poole Jr.
Peter Isacksen	...	Junior Hale (as Pete Isacksen)
Jessica Potter	...	Lallie Chandler
Warren J. Kemmerling	...	Sheriff Niebold (as Warren Kemmerling)
Charles Howerton	...	Dep. Jay Beah
Kedric Wolfe	...	Dep. Brookside
John Kramer	...	Dep. Sebastiani
W.L. Luckey	...	Dep. Gallo
Rance Howard	...	Clark
Dave Madden	...	Big Bubba Jones
Robert Broyles	...	Bud

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Ryder Sound Services)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG

Company:

New World Pictures

Trivia:

_Charles B. Griffith_ came up with the title of the film when the crew were shooting the car chase at the sand dunes. The crew got covered with sand and dirt so much that Griffith turned to Roger Corman and said "We ought to call this picture 'Eat My Dust'".

Goofs:

Continuity: The Police Car that chases Hooker onto a farm changes from a 1972 Plymouth Satellite to a 1968-70 Plymouth Satellite before crashing into the mud puddle.

Quotes:

Sheriff Niebold: Why the gun?
Clark: Sounds like a lynching.
Sheriff Niebold: Who'd they lynch?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (#1.5)" (1999)

Go Opie Go!

Hoover likes Darlene. Darlene likes riding in fast cars. Hoover likes driving fast cars. That's enough to get Eat My Dust off and running. Who would've thought that a Roger Corman produced car chase staring Ron Howard would be so much fun. One thing that this car chase comedy has working for it, that many do not, is that it's actually pretty funny. One funny scene involves a young Corbin Bernsen playing a slow minded gas station attendant. The driving sequences are also very well executed and photographed. One crash in particular at the end of the film makes you think the car is going to jump right off the screen. It's no Oscar winner, but who cares. Shut off your brain for awhile and let Opie do the driving.