Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Speed Lovers (1968)

Directed by William F. McGaha
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Something Weird Video)

William F. McGaha wrote, directed and stars in this vanity piece. There is no car he can't fix, no drink he can't drink (especially Stingers) and no woman he can't seduce. A rich gangster pays him off with women and cash to convince real life driver Fred Lorenzen to join his racing team. He hangs out at the pool with an international array of bikini clad women. The Brave Falcon is a popular bar where he drinks more Stingers and dances to a twangy band dressed in paisley shirts. When he can't convince Lorenzen to join him, he escapes from a group of sunglasses-wearing thugs in suits by stealing their yellow Mustang convertible. He arrives just in the nick of time at the Big Race to jump in the pits and make an adjustment on Lorenzo's engine that wins the race.


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