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Overview

User Rating:
5.0/10   774 votes
Director:
Ron Howard
Writers:
Rance Howard (written by) and
Ron Howard (written by)
Release Date:
16 June 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
See the greatest cars in the world destroyed!
Plot:
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
See Ron go wild...go wild, Ron, go wild more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ron Howard ... Sam Freeman
Nancy Morgan ... Paula Powers
Elizabeth Rogers ... Priscilla Powers
Barry Cahill ... Bigby Powers
Rance Howard ... Ned Slinker (private detective)
Paul Linke ... Collins Hedgeworth

Marion Ross ... Vivian Hedgeworth
Don Steele ... Curly Q. Brown (DJ, TenQ radio)
Peter Isacksen ... Sparky

Clint Howard ... Ace
James Ritz ... Officer Tad (as Jim Ritz)
Hoke Howell ... Preacher
Lew Brown ... Jack Klapper

Ken Lerner ... Eagle I
Jack Perkins ... Shadley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Ryder Sound Services)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Victorville, California, USA
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Financed by Roger Corman in exchange for Ron Howard appearing in Eat My Dust (1976). more
Goofs:
Continuity: The white foam or water that is sprayed on the window of the Rolls Royce completely disappears minutes after. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[Paula has brought Sam to her home]
Priscilla Powers: Aagh! Paula, how could you do this?
Paula Powers: Come on, mom, PLEASE don't be so dramatic!
Priscilla Powers: I have been planning for months the weddings of you and Collins Hedgeworth.
Paula Powers: No, mother! He didn't ask me, he asked *you*!
Bigby Powers: Shut up, young lady! Just sit down and sit your lips. You are engaged to Collins Hedgeworth.
Bigby Powers: [to Sam] Did you know, that she was engaged to Collins Hedgeworth?
Sam Freeman: Sir, I realize, that there is a conflict, but...
Bigby Powers: [to Priscilla] You see, he understands...
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
See Ron go wild...go wild, Ron, go wild, 2 June 2005
6/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

Before Ron Howard made his most famous movies, he started with this ultra-wacky car chase story. Sam Freeman (Howard) and Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan) try to announce their marriage plans to her parents', but the latter refuse to accept it. So, Sam and Paula run away in a car. As the story progresses, the whole situation snowballs. That is, more and more people get drug in. And of course, a bunch of cars get wrecked. Much like in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", everyone drives in every direction at top speed, damn the peripheral consequences.

One thing that really caught my eye was that Marion Ross starred in "Grand Theft Auto". You may remember her as Marion Cunningham on "Happy Days". I guess that you could say that Richie decided to cast his mom. Maybe it would look like this:

Marion: "Now Richard, always remember to be careful behind the wheel."

(Richie zooms off.)

Marion: "He always took after Howard when it came to driving."

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Either way, the movie's outlandish (in fact, it's done like a B-movie), but it's impossible not to like.

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