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Hot Rod Gang

  • 19581958
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
266
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Hot Rod Gang (1958)
DramaMusic
Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
266
YOUR RATING
    • Lew Landers
    • Lou Rusoff(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • John Ashley
    • Jody Fair
    • Gene Vincent
    • Lew Landers
    • Lou Rusoff(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • John Ashley
    • Jody Fair
    • Gene Vincent
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    • 19User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Gene Vincent and Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in Hot Rod Gang (1958)

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    John Ashley
    John Ashley
    • John Abernathy III
    Jody Fair
    Jody Fair
    • Lois Cavendish
    Gene Vincent
    • Gene Vincent
    Russ Bender
    Russ Bender
    • Bill
    Steve Drexel
    • Mark
    Henry McCann
    • Dave
    Maureen Arthur
    Maureen Arthur
    • Marley
    Gloria Grant
    • Tammy
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    • Al Berrywhiff
    Scott Peters
    • Jack
    Helen Spring
    • Abigail Abernathy
    Dorothy Neumann
    Dorothy Neumann
    • Anastasia Abernathy
    • (as Dorothy Newman)
    Claire Du Brey
    Claire Du Brey
    • Agatha
    • (as Claire Dubray)
    Doodles Weaver
    Doodles Weaver
    • Wesley Cavendish
    Lester Dorr
    Lester Dorr
    • Dryden Philpot
    Robert Whiteside
    • Jimmy
    Kay Wheeler
    • Specialty Dancer
    Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
    • Gene Vincent and Group
      • Lew Landers
      • Lou Rusoff(story and screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Considered, along with its sequel Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959), the forerunner to the Beach Party films of the 1960s, establishing the archetype of up-front comedies for teenagers and employing the tried and true formula of a popular trend coupled with romance and music. Hot Rod Gang screenwriter Lou Rusoff went on to pen the script for the first Beach Party film.
    • Goofs
      During the opening credits, the two hot rods are shown going past the same grocery store - Ray's Market - twice, in opposite directions.
    • Quotes

      On-screen epilogue: This story is true - only the facts have been changed...

    • Connections
      Featured in Jeff Beck: Still on the Run (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Hit and Run Lover
      (uncredited)
      Written by Dan Welch
      Performed by John Ashley

    User reviews19

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    3/10
    This movie is...like...gone, real gone.
    John Ashley is wanted by the law for driving recklessly through a puddle (no kidding). He is later framed for stealing hub-caps (no kidding). Incognito, he becomes a rock n' roll star with some help from 50's rockabilly legend Gene Vincent. In between, he meets a hip chick and gets into fistfights with some cool cats. Dig it, Daddy-o.
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    • bigdaddy-12
    • Jan 24, 1999

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      • August 1958 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Indio Productions
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    • 1 hour 12 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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