
Checkered Flag or Crash
Checkered Flag or Crash is a 1977 American adventure comedy film about off-road racing through the Philippines jungle, starring Joe Don Baker and Susan Sarandon and featuring Larry Hagman, Alan Vint and Parnelli Jones. It was written by Michael Allin and directed by Alan Gibson.
Plot
Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden (Baker), nicknamed that because of his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright (Sarandon) intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her.
More details
author | Michael Allin |
---|---|
director | Alan Gibson |
editor | Allan Holzman |
genre | action adventure comedy |
keywords | baker car crash car driver hagman larry hagman race car driver sarandon walk |
musicBy | Mel Mandel Norman Sachs |
producer | Fred Weintraub Paul Heller |
publisher | Universal Pictures |