Checkered Flag or Crash

May 21, 1977

1h 39m

★ 2.8

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Checkered Flag or Crash Trailers

Cast

Walkaway Madden

Joe Don Baker

C.C. Wainwright

Susan Sarandon

Bo Cochran

Larry Hagman

Doc Pyle

Alan Vint

Self

Parnelli Jones

Ringer

Logan Clarke

Rider in Black

Daina House

Perrier

Michel Pitton

Fly

Bert LeRoy Jr.

Adams

Dick Adair

Angel

Bill Cross

Pits

Ben Leeman

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