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This movie is something you want to see on a Saturday night. And it's never boring to watch.

It's like a small comedic version of "The Getaway". Only different. Here you got a couple of drug dealers that killed two undercover cops and would stash the drugs and money in a Corvette Stingray. Little do they know that the car is already bought by a couple of car enthusiasts, who have no idea what is going on. First, they are sought by the police because there's a tracking device in the money stashed in the backseat of the car. And the police are so inept, they think that the owners of the car are cop killers. While the real ones are chasing them down trying to get the money back. When they get a machine gun toting dame on their side, it's three times the trouble. But it was four when they went to chase one of the two Stingray owners. But one of them knows how to fight back.

This crime comedy is fun and high octane, but make sure that you have enough gas to watch it.

2 out of 5 stars.

There are some ways to get a DVD of this film. Since there is no more message boards, I"m giving some PAL format versions. There are two being sold on Ebay. One from Germany and one from England. Any true movie enthusiast should have that capability on a machine, so it's not all that hard to acquire it.

I found this movie interesting enough to view through it's entirety. Decent chase scenes, some humorous moments, and a catchy soundtrack. Being from the St Louis metropolitan area where the film was made, I recognized many of the locations where scenes were shot. Overall, I would give it 4 stars as a drive-in Trailer-Park classic... The only strikes I would put against it would be the lack of wardrobe (all the characters wore the same threads throughout}, and the script seems to have been made up as they went along. It appeared to me that Richard Taylor {writer and director} had a difficult time thinking of an ending. It seemed to me that it was made up on the fly (plus the sun was starting to set-probably was the last day of shooting and he had to think of something... Decent acting with a sometimes weak script, I would still recommend it. Sherry Jackson as beautiful as ever, and decent performances by William Watson, Bert Hinchman, and Cliff(fatty} Emmich.

Watch this movie for Sherry Jackson alone. Her performance here as a villain is superb. She steals every scene she is in. Thin plot about some vandals loot being stashed in a classic Corvette. When the unsuspecting new owners drive off in the car the chase is on. Sherry has some classic camp lines: Lighting up a cigarette in an elevator dressed as a nun, she tells a portly man "You got a problem fatso"?? Later in a biker bar, she pours a drink down a man's pants and then sets his crotch on fire! Sherry should have been a huge star in the 70's, she was gorgeous, could play tough or innocent and had tons of charisma! She even drives an EARTHMOVER in this flick. Supporting actors are good but this is Sherry's movie all the way. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

This regional take on cops vs. Robbers vs. Good guys actually pays off pretty well. Two drug punks kill two men who attempted to set them up on a drug deal. They escape with the money and drugs and are forced to stash it in a Corvette Stingray of all places. Two pals (Al and Elmo) purchase the car and the crooks chase after them, as well as a slew of clueless cops who are trying to make sense of the situation.

Written, edited, and directed by Richard Taylor, this harmless comedy with violent undertones works well thanks to its casting: Christopher Mitchum, Sherry Jackson, Les Lannom, William Watson, Cliff Emmich, and Playboy playmate Sondra Theodore. The car chases are structured rather simply, despite that the film's stunt coordinator was none other than old-timer Carey Loftin. The one-liners, most of them supplied by Watson, are actually pretty funny, as well.