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(in credits order) | William F. McGaha | ... | Scott Clayton (as Bill McGaha) |
| Fred Lorenzen | ... | Himself |
| Peggie O'Hara | ... | Vanessa Hamilton |
| David Marcus | ... | Pinkerton Bentley |
| Carol Street | ... | Kitty |
| Fritz Congdon | ... | Ben 'Flip' Clayton |
| Bob Montgomery | ... | Announcer |
| Glenda Brunson | ||
| Sharon Sellinger | ... | Hillary |
| Walter McVey | ||
| Howard Hailey | ... | Cutter |
| Steve Fuller | ||
| Betty Simmons | ||
| Chicami Ueta | ||
| Jane Echols | ||
| Ute Reck | ||
| Jack Black | ||
| Jane Steppe | ... | Coach Friday |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jay W. Jensen | ... | Race Car Fan (uncredited) |
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| William F. McGaha | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| William F. McGaha | original story and screenplay | |
| Fred Tuch | original story and screenplay (as Fred T. Tuch) | |
Produced by | |||
| William F. McGaha | .... | producer | |
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| Carleton Palmer | |||
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| Joseph Shelton | (as Joe Shelton) | ||
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| Jack Fitzstephens | (as John Fitzstephens) | ||
| Bill Freda | (as William Freda) | ||
| David Moscovitz | |||
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| Fred Tuch | (as Fred T. Tuch) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Art Grandquist | .... | hair stylist | |
| William Hoffman | .... | makeup artist | |
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| Fred Tuch | .... | second unit director (as Fred T. Tuch) | |
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| Pat Harrington | .... | property master | |
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| James Townsend | .... | sound mixer | |
| Kirk Wooster | .... | sound (as K. Wooster) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Bill Fibben | .... | gaffer | |
| Justus Randolph | .... | key grip | |
| Kirk Wooster | .... | second camera operator | |
Casting Department | |||
| Kevin Kelly | .... | casting | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Chadia | .... | wardrobe mistress | |
| Glenda Collins | .... | wardrobe assistant | |
Other crew | |||
| Shelly Charles | .... | continuity | |
| Bradley Dennis | .... | technical advisor | |
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- Jemco (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (1993) (USA) (VHS)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (2006) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
- Video Beat (????) (USA) (DVD)
- Video Beat (????) (USA) (VHS)
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Here's a wild and fun low-budget obscurity made to cash in on the mercifully short-lived Racing mini-craze of '68, with flicks like SPEEDWAY, FIREBALL 500 and Roger Corman's THE YOUNG RACERS. Although strictly amateur in the script and acting departments, THE SPEED LOVERS is actually a fairly well-scrubbed production, with crisp fotog and vivid color, quite similar in feeling to an H.G. Lewis movie of the same period.
Director/star McGaha is such a riot here, a goofy wanna-be racing star, and an arrogant twerp throughout. He's so full of himself, when he finally escapes the bad guys, he stops long enough to kiss the gangster's moll! What a cardboard 60s cad!
This film boasts lots of groovy speedway groupies, and a really weird bad guy. Some of the dialogue and dramatics are precious, and real-life racing superstar Fred Lorenzen is better than most of the paid actors. The only tacky thing is, we witness Freddy going to a bar and picking up a tramp! Ah, the 60s!
There's some great music in here as well, including a groovy theme song sung by Billie Lee Riley, of "My Gal is Red Hot" fame. In addition to the somewhat disjointed and surreal plot, we are treated, via grainy stock footage, to not one but two thrilling full-length races, one at film's start and one at it's end, replete with tons of great smash-ups. Filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Another mini-genre classic lost and found.