A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
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Title: Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
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| David Carradine | ... | Charlie Swattle | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | ... | Grace Wolf | |
| L.Q. Jones | ... | Floyd | |
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Al Barber | |
| Terry Kiser | ... | Lester Neal | |
| Jesse Vint | ... | Calvin Hawk | |
| Noble Willingham | ... | Pop Bauer | |
| Ralph James | ... | Bill Bartman | |
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William Bartman | ... | Young Man (as Bill Bartman) |
| David Hayward | ... | Cannonball McCall | |
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Stephen Ferry | ... | Official |
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Tracy Harris | ... | Black Man |
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Robert Plumb | ... | Drummer |
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Jack Brennan | ... | Howard Johnson |
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Lynda Abbott | ... | Waitress |
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A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
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In one desperate race for prize and glory, Charlie and Grace join the human raceGenres:
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Charlie Swattle (David Carradine) is a veteran of World War One. The war ran from 1914-1918, with American involvement from 1917 on, until the end of the war. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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4 May 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fast Charlie and the Moonbeam See more »Edit
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$444,334Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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David Carradine plays Fast Charlie Swattle, a motorcycle racer and kind of a con man. He tells everyone he's a World War I hero, but he's not. The race ran to California from Missouri or somewhere and was an important race for a motorcycle manufacturer to win. Fast Charlie rides a Moonbeam made by Pop Bauer in Moonbeam, Oklahoma. He gets somebody out of a jail by enticing the cop with a Model T Ford American Graffiti-style. Brenda Vaccaro plays Grace Wolf, a woman he discourages from marrying "Howard Hardware Store." Names in this movie include L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Jesse Vint and Noble Willingham. Pretty good recreation of the early 1900s.