Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race. Director:Steve Carver |
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Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race. Director:Steve Carver |
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| David Carradine | ... |
Charlie Swattle
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| Brenda Vaccaro | ... |
Grace Wolf
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| L.Q. Jones | ... |
Floyd
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| R.G. Armstrong | ... |
Al Barber
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| Terry Kiser | ... |
Lester Neal
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| Jesse Vint | ... |
Calvin Hawk
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| Noble Willingham | ... |
Pop Bauer
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Ralph James | ... |
Bill Bartman
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Bill Bartman | ... |
Young Man
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| David Hayward | ... |
Cannonball McCall
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Stephen Ferry | ... |
Official
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Tracy Harris | ... |
Black Man
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Robert Plumb | ... |
Drummer
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| Jack Brennan | ... |
Howard Johnson
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Lynda Abbott | ... |
Waitress
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A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
David Carradine plays Fast Charlie Swattle, a motorcycle racer and kind of a con man. He tells everyone he's a World War I hero, but he's not. The race ran to California from Missouri or somewhere and was an important race for a motorcycle manufacturer to win. Fast Charlie rides a Moonbeam made by Pop Bauer in Moonbeam, Oklahoma. He gets somebody out of a jail by enticing the cop with a Model T Ford American Graffiti-style. Brenda Vaccaro plays Grace Wolf, a woman he discourages from marrying "Howard Hardware Store." Names in this movie include L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Jesse Vint and Noble Willingham. Pretty good recreation of the early 1900s.