1h 32min | Action, Comedy, Drama | 7 June 1966 | Color, ws
Director: William Asher
Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Fabian.
Christopher Riordan ... choreographer (as Ronnie Riordan)
This is heavy on the drama. Did people really want to see FA and Fabian fist-fighting?
Harvey Lembeck is here, as is Michael Nader, briefly. HL plays a moonshine boss and race track manager/owner. MN is another driver who gets killed driving moonshine, and the contents are somehow stolen, even though the car crashed down a ravine. FA also crashes but survives, and his car's contents are also stolen down the same ravine. I wonder how prevalent moonshining was by '66. I remember the idea of a second tank for alcohol on cars like this, and not from this film.
The race cars looked older than the poster shows. They were stock cars from the 50's. And they're just driving around a track, not cross-country. I think they also drive Daytona for the final race.
AF is gf to Fabian. Another actress pursues and ends up with FA.
Really quite dull.
AIP, dir. Asher; 5-
