Two-Lane Blacktop

Jul 7, 1971

1h 42m

★ 6.9

no beginning... no end... no speed limit...

Overview

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Michael Laughlin Enterprises

Two-Lane Blacktop Trailers

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

Needles Station Attendant

David Drake

Needles Station Mechanic

Richard Ruth

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