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Two-Lane Blacktop(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-07-07
69%
249 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
no beginning... no end... no speed limit...
Overview:
A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $850,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Michael Laughlin Enterprises
Movie: Two-Lane Blacktop
Top 10 Billed Cast
James Taylor
The Driver
Warren Oates
G.T.O.
Dennis Wilson
The Mechanic
Laurie Bird
The Girl
Rudy Wurlitzer
Hot Rod Driver
Harry Dean Stanton
Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Jaclyn Hellman
Hot Rod Driver's Girl
Alan Vint
Man in Roadhouse
Katherine Squire
Old Woman
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