Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ron Howard | ... | Sam Freeman | |
Nancy Morgan | ... | Paula Powers | |
Elizabeth Rogers | ... | Priscilla Powers | |
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Barry Cahill | ... | Bigby Powers |
Rance Howard | ... | Ned Slinker | |
Paul Linke | ... | Collins Hedgeworth | |
Marion Ross | ... | Vivian Hedgeworth | |
Don Steele | ... | Curly Q. Brown | |
Peter Isacksen | ... | Sparky | |
Clint Howard | ... | Ace | |
James Ritz | ... | Officer Tad (as Jim Ritz) | |
Hoke Howell | ... | Preacher | |
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Lew Brown | ... | Jack Klepper |
Ken Lerner | ... | Eagle I | |
Jack Perkins | ... | Shadley |
Paula Powers, daughter of wealthy gubernatorial candidate Bigby Powers, decides to reject her parents' attempt at matchmaking and run off to Vegas to marry her sweetheart, Sam Freeman. As they drive away in a stolen Rolls-Royce, spurned suitor Collins Hedgeworth follows behind in hot pursuit, along with a cadre of goons hoping to get the $25,000 reward that's been offered for Paula's return. Can the young lovers make it to Vegas for a quickie wedding before the forces of conformity and privilege arrive to put a stop to their romance? Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Forget Smokey and the Bandit, check out Grand Theft Auto if you want a car-chase movie in the comedy genre! This was also Ron Howard's directorial debut. And everyone knows him as Opie from The Andy Griffith Show, and Richie from Happy Days. It's about these teenagers who go joyriding in stolen cars, and they get into the most deliriously funny situations anyone could imagine in a car-chase movie!
I don't care if this movie didn't get any good reviews or if it wasn't considered 'cool', but hey, after all it was Ron Howard's first movie he ever produced. The movie may have lowbrow humor, but it's still an awesome movie worth watching! I saw this movie for the first time when I was a preteen, and to this day I still find it to be outrageously funny! If you're in the mood for a serious car-chase movie, rent something like Bullitt or The French Connection. If you want to see a funny one, rent this movie! IMHO, I think it's the funniest movie of 1977!