Fast Company

"Strap yourself into a car that flies 240 miles an hour down a quarter mile track."

Aug 17 1979 R 1h 31m
Drama, Sport

An over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-company executive who sponsors his team.

Plot

Famous drag racer Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson drives a funny car and is the star driver of his sponsor Fast Company, managed by the corrupt Phil Adamson. He also becomes a mentor to the promising racer Billy 'The Kid' Crocker. When Adamson makes a deal with Lonnie's competitor, Gary 'The Blacksmith' Black, he steals the funny car from Lonnie and Billy. When they find out, they take back the car with plans to run it independently in the next race. This infuriates Adamson, who aims to put a clamp on his former star's plans by any means necessary.

Written by

Phil Savath, Courtney Smith, David Cronenberg

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Production Countries

Canada

Production Companies

Quadrant Films, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Michael Leibowitz Inc.

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,765
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA