Main Cast: Gary Hershberger, Reed Rudy, Dawn Schneider, Peter DeLuise, Brian MacGregor
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Another horny-teen epic from Galaxy International, Free Ride asks us to identify with jerky preppie Gary Hershberger. Anxious to impress a sexy but monumentally stupid young woman, Hershberger claims that a snazzy red sports car that has just pulled up to a singles bar is his. He "borrows" the car and takes the girl for a joyride, little knowing that the back seat contains a quarter of a million dollars of mob money. Connect the dots and you'll figure out the rest of the story. All Free Ride really has going for it is the campy presence of 1950s sex-bomb Mamie Van Doren and a handful of raunchy verbal gags. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Warren Berlinger - Dean Stockwell; Mamie van Doren - Debby Stockwell; Babette Props - Kathy; Anthony Charnota - Vinnie Garbagio; Mario Marcelino - Vito Garbagio; Frank Campanella - Old Man Garbagio; Ken Olfson - Prof. Lennox; Joe Tornatore - Murray Garbagio
Credit
Dan Webster - Art Director, Barbara Scott - Costume Designer, Tom Trbovich - Director, Ron Honthaner - Editor, David C. Williams - Composer (Music Score), Paul Lohmann - Cinematographer, Bassem Abdallah - Producer, Tom Boutross - Producer, Joe Mirvis - Set Designer, A&A Special Effects - Special Effects, Lee Fulkerson - Screenwriter, Ronald Z. Wang - Screenwriter, Robert Bell - Screenwriter
A group of teenagers borrow a car, unaware that gangsters have stashed mob money in it. The gangsters are determined to get the money back.
Availability
The movie was released on VHS in the United States by International Video Entertainment in 1987 and that same year in Canada by Cineplex Odeon. As of 2009, there have been no plans for a Region 1 DVD.
