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You can never go fast enough... - Two-Lane Blacktop
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Title: Two-Lane Blacktop

Release Date: 7 Jul 1971

Runtime: 1h 42m

Genre: Drama

Director: Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises

Overview: A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (235 votes)

Cast

  • The Driver: James Taylor
  • G.T.O.: Warren Oates
  • The Mechanic: Dennis Wilson
  • The Girl: Laurie Bird
  • Hot Rod Driver: Rudy Wurlitzer
  • Oklahoma Hitchhiker: Harry Dean Stanton
  • Hot Rod Driver's Girl: Jaclyn Hellman
  • Man in Roadhouse: Alan Vint
  • Old Woman: Katherine Squire
  • Texas Hitchhiker: Bill Keller
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