Alicia
I love this movie so much
Contentar
Best movie of this year hands down!
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
oscar-35
*Spoiler/plot- Hot Rod Girl 1956. A small community and it's police work together to establish a drag strip to eliminate and reduce major teen- age hot rod car accidents. An outside malicious driver comes into town to cause trouble for all.*Special Stars- Lori Nelsen, Chuck Connors, Frank Gorshin.*Theme- Concerned and responsible townspeople want to have good & safe cars. *Trivia/location/goofs- B & W, The San Fernando Drag strip (now gone, is a swap meet area) is the main location. Watch for the multi talented 'impressionist' and comedian, Frank Gorshin doing an early first good screen role as 'FlatTop'. He uses some of his movie star impressions with good effect as FlatTop. The National Hot Rod Asssociation worked on this film.*Emotion- An extremely charming, true and watchable film that is well casted and acted. Knowing the San Fernando city community, I found this film very fun to watch and informative about the many worthy people and organizations trying to stop teen-age car wreck deaths. The dramatic scenes were believable and brought a good lesson to younger viewers and drivers alike.*Based On- 1950's wild teen ager hot rod car accident craze.
lespaulstandar
I just watched this with a buddy of mine and can't believe how thoroughly enjoyable it was. I paid a buck for it !!!!! And the DVD even had another hot rod flick which I haven't even seen yet (T-Bird Gang).I think you'll enjoy this and find yourself longing for the good-old days of the 1950s All the old cars, nostalgia, hamburg joints, great scenery which includes the mountains of the San Fernando Valley and a great- looking Lori Nelson. This is truly a good little movie, a gem ... if you can find this, buy it (it shouldn't cost hardly anything if you are a lucky enough to find it). Truly a gem. Enjoy !!
miniature1
I bought this movie on DVD.I am a Baby Boomer and a hot rod enthusiast.Although I liked the vintage drag strip shots I wanted to see more of the cars,especially under the hoods.I found the dialog campy even by 1956 standards.The "Hot Rod Girl" character contributed almost nothing to the movie,and I found myself asking why the movie even had her as part of the title.I also noticed they didn't even actually wreck a real car any where in the movie.One of the race scenes was "up hill" in the mountains and the cars looked as if they were doing about 20 m.p.h. I was disappointed but seeing the old cars was one redeeming quality of this movie.
elvis-30
Filmed in the San Fernando Valley at the time hot-rods and cruisin' Van Nuys Blvd was really happening!Shots of the San Fernando Drag Strip are priceless to anyone who was there.Why isn't this availble on VHS?????
