25 May 1979 Drama, Action, TV Movie 97 mins
A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for his own son to win.
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Gregg Henry as Brian Edison
Pernell Roberts as Sheriff Marsden
Robin Mattson as Jenny
Grant Goodeve as Sonny Munn
Robert Culp as T.L. Munn
Royce D. Applegate as Johnny Hurricane
Topo Swope as Sprout
Ed Begley Jr. as Clay
Bruce M. Fischer as Cannonball
Eric Holland as Barry Hogue
Julie Gibson as Violet
Carmen Argenziano as Cameraman
Gene Borkan as Soundman
Lisa Cori as Sheila
Richard Davis as Engineer
Gary Goetzman as Security Guard
George Armitage Director
George Armitage Writer
Sam Manners Producer
Michael Simpson Music
Andrew Davis Director of Photography
William Neel Editor
Carroll Sax Editor
Michael Baugh Production Design
Raphael Bretton Set Decoration
Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Coordinator
Rebel of the Road Trailer
United States 25 May 1979
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1979:
13 April 1979
An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends.
27 June 1979
Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant.
05 December 1979
A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent.
28 January 1979
A couple whose son had been institutionalized for three years are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is, in fact, deaf.
30 July 1979
In the third movie colonel Zorin is investigating two murders.
11 May 1979
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
21 July 1979
Okoma (literally, Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father.
12 September 1979
The son of a wealthy, respected family seeks the hand of Hazal; unexpectedly, soon after her marriage, her husband dies.
01 November 1979
Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues.
14 May 1979
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
13 December 1979
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him.
29 March 1979
When a suburban couple goes camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
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