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Checkered Flag or Crash
Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash

You gotta be TOUGH to win...and CRAZY to try!

Genres

AdventureActionComedy

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Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden, nicknamed so for his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking promoter Bo Cochran wants the race completed by any means necessary.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

21 May 1977

Country

Philippines

Cast

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Walkaway Madden

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

C.C. Wainwright

Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman

Bo Cochran

Alan Vint

Alan Vint

Doc Pyle

Parnelli Jones

Parnelli Jones

Self

Logan Clarke

Logan Clarke

Ringer

Daina House

Daina House

Rider in Black

Michel Pitton

Michel Pitton

Perrier

Bert LeRoy Jr.

Bert LeRoy Jr.

Fly

Dick Adair

Dick Adair

Adams

Bill Cross

Bill Cross

Angel

Ben Leeman

Ben Leeman

Pits

Eazy Black

Eazy Black

Wilkinson

Cachupoy

Cachupoy

Ramon

Eddie Mercado

Eddie Mercado

Reporter

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