The Great Hitch-Hike Race

The Great Hitch-Hike Race

Thumbing South with enough dynamite to blow up a town.

PG 1972 · Comedy

Two young men are talked into blowing up the largest smokestack in the world, as an antipollution protest.

Directed by Erven Jourdan · Written by Erven Jourdan

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