Eat My Dust

Eat My Dust

A Very Funny Car.

PG 1976 · 89 min · ★ 5.8 · Action

Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her for a ride in a souped-up race car owned by local racer Big Bubba Jones. Hoover's father Harry, who's also the local sheriff is furious at the situation and orders his bumbling deputies to go after him. With the Sheriff's office overflowing with concerned parents and citizens and his deputies failing to catch him. He enlists the help of Jones and fellow racers to capture him. It culminates in a thrilling car chase finale through the rural countryside.

Directed by Charles B. Griffith · Written by Charles B. Griffith

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Ron Howard Hoover Niebold
Christopher Norris Darlene Kurtz
Brad David Billy B. Westerby
Kathy O'Dare Miranda Smith
Clint Howard George Poole Jr.
Peter Isacksen Junior Hale (as Pete Isacksen)
Jessica Potter Lallie Chandler
Warren J. Kemmerling Sheriff Harry Niebold (as Warren Kemmerling)
Charles Howerton Dep. Jay Beah
Kedric Wolfe Dep. Brookside
John Kramer Dep. Sebastiani
W.L. Luckey Dep. Gallo

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