An eclectic group of people take part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.
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Charles Bail (as Chuck Bail)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Sarrazin | ... | Michael Bannon - Cobra Team | |
| Norman Burton | ... | Lieutenant Roscoe (as Normann Burton) | |
| Gary Busey | ... | Gibson - Camaro Team | |
| John Durren | ... | Ace Preston / Mr. Guts - Camaro Team | |
| Susan Flannery | ... | Alice - Porsche Team | |
| Harvey Jason | ... | Lapchik the Mad Hungarian - Kawasaki | |
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Steven Keats | ... | Kandinsky - Dodge Team |
| Tim McIntire | ... | Steve 'Smitty' Smith - Ferrari Team | |
| Joanne Nail | ... | Jane - Porsche Team | |
| J. Pat O'Malley | ... | Barney Donahue - Mercedes Team | |
| Tricia O'Neil | ... | Angie - Rolls Royce | |
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Lázaro Pérez | ... | Jose - Rolls Royce (as Lazaro Perez) |
| Nicholas Pryor | ... | Prof. Samuel Graves - Cobra Team | |
| Vaughn Taylor | ... | Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team | |
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Wally Taylor | ... | Avila - Dodge Team |
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A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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carsploitation | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | kiss | love interest | competition |Taglines:
It's a hilarious coast-to-coast, 180 mile-an-hour, go-for-broke, outrageous road race with the world's most expensive cars. And it's all just for glory and a gumball machine.Genres:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
28 July 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Chewing Gum Rallye See more »Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Franco: What's behind me is not important!
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The character of Lapchick a shout out to silent film star, Charlie Chaplin. When ever he appears on screen, silent movie piano music plays, the character has no dialogue (save the final word in the film), the star who plays him, Harvey Jason, bears a resemblance to Chaplin, and if you scramble the letters in Lapchick, you can almost spell Chaplin. See more »Goofs
During the scene where the racers are walking the streets of NYC to the restaurant, there is a taxi in the foreground with the time/temp reflected on its rear passenger's window. The time shows (mirrored) 6:45. However, seconds later, in the same tracking shot, Roscoe says, "It's 9:05, I'll will check in again at 10". See more »Quotes
Franco's Date: [When Franco climbs into his roadster, he rips out the rear view mirror] Why did you do that?Franco: What's behind me is not important!
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This is the ultimate anti-Ralph Nader movie.
This movie should be must-see at driving schools, to show drivers-to-be the difference between pointing a car and actually DRIVING.
This movie truly has a sense of humor, as anyone who has owned a sports car can tell you.
From the classic "Lucas-the prince-of-darkness" electrical system of the Jaguar, to the (much cheered by us European car buffs) "corvette incident" (I do not want to give it away).
My favourite is, of course, the motorcyclist, who, if I recall correctly, does not say anything at all during the movie, but steals the show when he is on.
Great fun and several levels above the later copycat "Cannonball Run" series.
Particularly liked by good drivers with a sense of humour.