Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash

You gotta be TOUGH to win...and CRAZY to try!

PG 1977 · 99 min · ★ 4.6 · Adventure, Action, Comedy

Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden, nicknamed so for his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking promoter Bo Cochran wants the race completed by any means necessary.

Directed by Alan Gibson · Written by Michael Allin

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