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• Actors: Harry Millard, Judy Lewis, Mike Bradford, Nancy Berg, Ted Erwin
• Directors: William F. McGaha, William T. Naud
• Writers: William F. McGaha, Fred Tuch, George Baxt
• Producers: William F. McGaha, William T. Naud, Alfred Hillmann
• Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Run Time: 155 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000BZN1M8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,073 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Speed Lovers/Thunder in Dixie" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pit Pork, March 21, 2006

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Dennis Matthews (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speed Lovers/Thunder in Dixie (DVD)

I grew up in North Carolina & spent a good part of my childhood in the mid 60s at racetracks. I once saw Richard Petty eating a bar-b-q sandwich before a race, something these movies brought back memories of.

These two films are great examples of Speedsploitation (part of the Hicksploitation family.) The first, Speed Lovers, is a hilarious ham-bone excursion into big hair, go-go music, and overgrown racetrack "kids" well into their 30s. The star (who also wrote, produced & directed the picture) is someone I wish I knew. The scene where he pushes the "bad guys" into a pool and grabs a last-minute kiss from one of the poolside molls before his escape sums up the spirit of this movie in living color. What a guy.

The second picture, Thunder in Dixie, is the polar opposite of the first, the Yang to its Yin. In black & white with a top-notch story of hurt, anger, revenge, betrayal, and finally resolution, this story really packs a punch. Although betrayed by a floozy who dies & seems a saint to racetrack driver Ticker, it's really his former partner & racer Mickey that you feel the most for. He's really sexy, yet his best friend turns on him, & his wife is the illegitimate lovechild of Clark Gable & Loretta Young. I like to think that after the conclusion of the movie, Ticker & Mickey realize that they love each other & run over Mickey's wife at the next race.

High octane recommendations for both movies, each for different reasons.