YOU GUYS AREN'T THINKING......
WHAT ABOUT ONE OF BURT REYNOLDS WORST MOVIES...THE ONE HE WISHES NEVER EXISTED?
HE DRIVES A 1955 SPECIAL EDITION OLDSMOBILE 1 OF 50 MADE - DRIVES IT ALL THROUGH GEORGIA AND OTHER SOUTHERN STATES FILLING UP AND ROBBING S.O.S. GAS STATIONS. MAN, YOU SEE PLENTY OF PETRO IN THIS FLICK! TOUGH TO FIND THOUGH. AT ONE POINT AN OUT OF CONTROL STAKE BED TRUCK PLOWS RIGHT THRU THE ISLAND AND TAKES OUT 2 TOK39'S (?)....SAD BUT HILARIOUS!
ALWAYS BEEN A FAVE MOVIE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A REYNOLDS FLOP!
"W.W. AND THE DIXIE DANCEKINGS"
1975
CHECK IT OUT.....
ANOTHER MOVIE WITH ASSORTED PUMPS IS "DUEL" WITH DENNIS WEAVER FROM 1971. THIS MADE FOR TV MOVIE DIRECTED BY YOUNG STEPHEN SPEILBERG (sp.?) WAS THE ROADTRIP FROM HELL AND THE PRECURSOR TO "JAWS." UNFORT THE PUMPS ARE BRIEF HERE.
ANOTHER EARLIER BIGGIE WHICH WAS LOADED WITH GAS STATIONS AND COKE STUFF WAS "IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD!" FROM 1963 WITH AT LEAST 15 NOTABLE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. LONG MOVIE - BUT WORTH THE SIT!
THOSE ARE 3 OF MY FAVES!
KEEP 'EM COMIN'!!!!
DOC @ TAG/WEST