Main Cast: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Art Lund
Release Year: 1973
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Lamont Johnson's subtle direction graces this true-life success story about racecar driver Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges), based on stock-car champion Junior Johnson. As a child in North Carolina, Jackson stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for moonshining. Seeing the error of his ways, Jackson begins to concentrate his driving skills, hoping to become a professional stock car racer to raise money to get his father released from jail. Jackson rises from the ranks into the highest rung of professional stock car racing, but Jackson finds his independent nature is compromised by the corporate realities of the professional sports world. The real Junior Johnson served as technical advisor on the film. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Lawrence G. Paull - Art Director, Fred Brost - First Assistant Director, Lamont Johnson - Director, Robbe Roberts - Editor, Tom Rolf - Editor, Charles Fox - Composer (Music Score), Norman Gimbel - Songwriter, George Silano - Cinematographer, Joe Wizan - Producer, William Roberts - Producer, John Cutts - Producer, James I. Berkey - Set Designer, Bud Alper - Sound/Sound Designer, Don Bassman - Sound/Sound Designer, William Roberts - Screenwriter
