Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
- dystopia
- reality spoof
- street race
- vindictive
- death game
- suspenseful
- bold
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
David Carradine
Frankenstein
Simone Griffeth
Annie Smith
Sylvester Stallone
Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
Mary Woronov
Calamity Jane
- Roberta Collins — Matilda the Hun
- Martin Kove — Nero the Hero
- Louisa Moritz — Myra
- Don Steele — Junior Bruce
- Joyce Jameson — Grace Pander
- Carle Bensen — Harold
- Sandy McCallum — Mr. President
- Paul Laurence — Special Agent
- Harriet Medin — Thomasina Paine
- Vince Trankina — Lt. Fury
- Bill Morey — Deacon
- Directed
- Paul Bartel
- Written
- Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 586 ratings
- Studio
- New World Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1975 · You’re hereDeath Race 2000
Where it starts.
Death Race 2050
2017
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
