Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Directors

Monte Hellman

Cast

James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, David Drake, Richard Ruth, Rudy Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman, Bill Keller, Harry Dean Stanton, Don Samuels, Charles Moore, Tom Green, W.H. Harrison, Alan Vint, Illa Ginnaven, George Mitchell, A.J. Solari, Katherine Squire, Melissa Hellman, Jay Wheatley, James Mitchum, Kreag Caffey, Tom Witenbarger, Glen Rogers

The story

Two street racers—the Driver and the Mechanic—live on the road in their highly modified, primer-gray 1955 Chevrolet 150 two-door sedan drag car, drifting from town to town and earning income by challenging locals to impromptu races. While driving east on Route 66 from Needles, California, they pick up the Girl, a hitchhiker they meet at a diner in Flagstaff, Arizona. Though the Driver develops a crush on her, she sleeps with the Mechanic while he is out drinking.

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