Fireball Jungle

Fireball Jungle

'CATEYE'...a SAVAGE BRUTE KING of a jungle of hot rods and barracuda babes!

R 1968 · 94 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime

Ambitious driver, wanting to get to the top of the stock-car circuit, gets mixed up with gangsters.

Directed by Joseph P. Mawra · Written by Harry Whittington

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