The read
A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10, Metacritic 35/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Most of the 573 1970s action movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Metacritic35/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul BartelScreenplay
- David A. AxelrodOriginal Music Composer
- Paul BartelDirector
- Don SimpsonScreenplay
Cast
- David CarradineCoy "Cannonball" Buckman
- Bill McKinneyCade Redman
- Veronica HamelLinda Maxwell
- Gerrit GrahamPerman Waters
- Robert CarradineJim Crandell
- Belinda BalaskiMaryann
- Judy CanovaSharma Capri
- Archie HahnZippo
- Carl GottliebTerry McMillan
- Mary WoronovSandy Harris
- Diane Lee HartWendy
- Glynn RubinGinny
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Themes
on the roadroad moviedrivingcar racing