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Overview

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4.9/10   199 votes
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Writer:
Charles B. Griffith (writer)
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Release Date:
April 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
The craziest driver in town steals the fastest car in the state, and tears up Puckerbush County! more
Plot:
Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Details on new Roger Corman documentary
 (From Fangoria. 22 October 2008, 9:36 AM, PDT)

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Go Opie Go! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Ryder Sound Services)
Certification:
Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG

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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'". more
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. more
Quotes:
Sheriff Niebold: Why the gun?
Clark: Sounds like a lynching.
Sheriff Niebold: Who'd they lynch?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (#1.5)" (1999) more

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Where was the location of this movie film? (Please add if you know)
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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Go Opie Go!, 4 January 1999
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Author: Squonk from Denver, CO

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.

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