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Director:
Writers:
Ken Friedman (writer)
David E. Peckinpah (writer)
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Release Date:
1 April 1983 (USA) more
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Plot:
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Finally It's Coming to DVD more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bonnie Bedelia ... Shirley Muldowney

Beau Bridges ... Connie Kalitta
Bruce Barlow ... Bass Player, Tex's Band

Leo Rossi ... Jack Muldowney

Anthony Edwards ... John Muldowney (age 15-23)

Hoyt Axton ... Tex Roque
Paul Bartel ... Chef Paul
Missy Basile ... Angela

Creed Bratton ... Photographer
Jesse Aragon ... Carlos
Tiffany Brissette ... Little Shirley
Paul Bryar ... Matt, Card Player
James Burton ... Guitar Player, Tex's Band
Martin Casella ... Repoter #1
Michael Cavanaugh ... NHRA Boss
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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
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Certification:
Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #26895) | Australia:PG
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Actor Charles Haid was originally cast as Connie Kalitta and filmed for several days before being fired for being difficult. He was replaced by Beau Bridges. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Shirley shows up at the race track with her first dragster, Jack Muldowney says he's going to work on the "carb". The engine has Hilborn injectors, not carburetors. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Shirley Muldowney: Behind the Wheel (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Built for Comfort more

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Finally It's Coming to DVD, 22 February 2006
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Author: dvdwholesale from United States

Thsi excellent film is finally being released on DVD (coming soon) from Anchor Bay, so no more over priced bootlegs on ebay! This will be great for all drag racing fans in general and Shirley fans in particular, up to this DVD release you could only hope to catch it on TV (seldom ever shown) or find one of the old video tapes (usually worn out) or pay a crazy price to someone on ebay who will then sell you a bootleg copy of one of the poor quality video tapes that he burned to DVD-r (and call it a euro import, never released in the U.S.) ebay amazes me the non legal stuff they let be listed on their site., ebay has become a corporate nightmare over the last few years anyway, so who cares i guess.

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