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Two-Lane Blacktop(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-07-07
69%
236 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
You can never go fast enough...
Overview:
A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.
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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