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Used Cars

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  • 1h 53m
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Used Cars (1980)
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When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car ri... Read allWhen the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

IMDb RATING
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15K
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POPULARITY
4,572
252
  • Director
    • Robert Zemeckis
  • Writers
    • Robert Zemeckis
    • Bob Gale
  • Stars
    • Kurt Russell
    • Jack Warden
    • Gerrit Graham
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert Zemeckis
  • Writers
    • Robert Zemeckis
    • Bob Gale
  • Stars
    • Kurt Russell
    • Jack Warden
    • Gerrit Graham
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 119User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Used Cars
    Trailer 1:51
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    Photos150

    Kurt Russell and Deborah Harmon in Used Cars (1980)
    Gerrit Graham and Peanuts in Used Cars (1980)
    Gerrit Graham, Claude Earl Jones, and Peanuts in Used Cars (1980)
    Kurt Russell, David L. Lander, Gerrit Graham, and Michael McKean in Used Cars (1980)
    Kurt Russell and Deborah Harmon in Used Cars (1980)
    Kurt Russell and Deborah Harmon in Used Cars (1980)
    Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, and Cheryl Rixon in Used Cars (1980)
    Kurt Russell in Used Cars (1980)
    Deborah Harmon in Used Cars (1980)
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    Top cast

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    Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell
    • Rudy Russoas Rudy Russo
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • Roy L. Fuchsas Roy L. Fuchs…
    Gerrit Graham
    Gerrit Graham
    • Jeffas Jeff
    Frank McRae
    Frank McRae
    • Jim the Mechanicas Jim the Mechanic
    Deborah Harmon
    Deborah Harmon
    • Barbara Fuchsas Barbara Fuchs
    Joe Flaherty
    Joe Flaherty
    • Sam Slatonas Sam Slaton
    • (as Joseph P. Flaherty)
    David L. Lander
    David L. Lander
    • Freddie Parisas Freddie Paris
    Michael McKean
    Michael McKean
    • Eddie Winslowas Eddie Winslow
    Michael Talbott
    Michael Talbott
    • Mickeyas Mickey
    Harry Northup
    Harry Northup
    • Carmineas Carmine
    Alfonso Arau
    Alfonso Arau
    • Manuelas Manuel
    Al Lewis
    Al Lewis
    • Judge Harrisonas Judge Harrison
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Mr. Ghertneras Mr. Ghertner
    Andrew Duncan
    Andrew Duncan
    • Charlieas Charlie
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    • Tuckeras Tucker
    Claude Earl Jones
    Claude Earl Jones
    • Alas Al
    Beans Morocco
    • Stanley Dewoskias Stanley Dewoski
    • (as Dan Barrows)
    Cheryl Rixon
    • Margaretas Margaret
    • Director
      • Robert Zemeckis
    • Writers
      • Robert Zemeckis
      • Bob Gale
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Used car salesman Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) needs money to run for State Senate, so he approaches his boss Luke (Jack Warden). Luke agrees to front him the $10,000 he needs, but then encounters an "accident" orchestrated by his brother Roy also played by Warden, who runs the car lot across the street. Roy is hoping to claim title to his brother's property because Roy's paying off the mayor to put the new interstate through the area. After Luke disappears, it's all out war between the competing car shops, and no nasty trick is off limits as Rudy and his gang fight to keep Roy from taking Luke's property. Then Luke's daughter shows up. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
    • car dealership
    • public nudity
    • used cars
    • voyeurism
    • breast groping
    • 82 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • The screen's wildest race against time is the biggest auto stampede ever!
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • R
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the scene where Roy L. Fuchs (Jack Warden) walks up to Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) and Jeff (Gerrit Graham) as they are finishing shoveling dirt over the spot where they buried Luke, Graham didn't have any lines and kept pestering Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale for lines. Finally, he just decides to repeat whatever Russell said to Warden. Apparently, Warden was unaware of what Graham was doing, thus his line "What're you? A fuckin' parrot?". It was Warden's genuine annoyance at Graham, which worked so well in the scene that it was included in the final cut.
    • Goofs
      When Barbara is in court defending the "mile of cars" accusation, Sam (the "Prosecutor") points out that she already has 25 cars on her lot "according to witnesses". If one mile of cars is 250 cars, and Rudy has "exactly 250 drivers" to drive back the 250 cars he bought from the Mexican, then they are well over the mark with one mile + 25 cars. They didn't have a "one car safety margin," they had a 25-car safety margin.
    • Quotes

      Rudy Russo: C'mon, Jeff! You've seen how bad business is. Thanks to Fuchs, our name is mud! Look... we had nuns, protesting out front when I got here this morning.

      Jeff: Nuns?

      Rudy Russo: Yeah. I had to have Jim turn the firehose on them.

      Jim the Mechanic: [holds up the still wet firehose] And I knocked them motherfuckers right on they asses, too.

    • Alternate versions
      CBS edited 7 minutes from this film for its 1985 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in Biography: Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Used Cars
      Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
      Music by Patrick Williams
      Performed by Bobby Bare

    User reviews119

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    mile of cars...
    Following "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", Robert Zemeckis directed the equally silly "Used Cars", about the antagonistic high jinx between two used car salesmen (Kurt Russell and Jack Warden). This isn't the sort of movie that you watch to change your life or pick up on double meanings or anything like that; you watch it to have fun. And indeed you will! Whether it's the R-rated commercials, or anything else, the movie's a hoot the whole way through. Like "Big Trouble in Little China" and "Overboard", it shows that Kurt Russell really works best in comedy. Just great.

    A mile of cars. Imagine that...
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 11, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mit einem Bein im Kittchen
    • Filming locations
      • Berge Ford - 310 E Main Street, Mesa, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • A-Team
      • Amblin Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,715,321
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,715,321
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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