The Charge of the Model Ts (1979)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Jim McCullough Sr.

Writer:

Jim McCullough Sr. (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Ford Model T | WWI | German Spy | Independent Film

Cast

Carol Bagdasarian
John David Carson	...	Jones
Herb Edelman
John P. Fertitta	...	Cloud
Arte Johnson
Jim McCullough Jr.
Louis Nye
Bill Thurman

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Company:

Ry-Mac

Trivia:

The battle car is the Hannibal Twin 8 from The Great Race (1965).

Wretched

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I came close to rating The Charge of the Model T's a '1', but the letter-boxed credit sequence highlighted the film's one and only virtue: the exemplary cinematography of low budget maestro Dean Cundey. Once the TV print blows up to full frame, however, there's nothing here to recommend. The film is a G rated regional comedy from writer-producer-director Jim McCullough Sr., whose earlier horror opus Creature From Black Lake is legendary amongst bad film fans. Charge of the Model T's is much worse: it isn't funny, it has no action sequences worthy of mention, and the original songs by Benji composer Euel Box are fingers on the blackboard awful. If the idea of World War I German officers in pickelhaubs pretending to be cowboys floats your boat, however, you're welcome to this film, which will put everyone else to sleep.