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    Home»Movies»Movies by Country»Australia Movies»Running On Empty (1982)
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    Running On Empty (1982)

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    This fast-paced Ozploitation action film revolves around Mike (Terry Serio), a steelworker by day and a budding street racer by night.

    With help from his best friend and mechanic Tony (Vangelis Mourikis) and tutoring from blind street car expert Rebel (Max Cullen), he competes with Fox (Richard Moir) – the top street racer in New South Wales – in increasingly lethal high-stakes races.

    Singer Deborah Conway (of Aussie band Do-Re-Mi) co-stars as the love interest, Julie (pictured). Aunty Jack star Grahame Bond has a cameo as a kinky leather-clad bad cop.

    The film’s real stars, though, are the smorgasbord of supercharged muscle cars – including a Ford Falcon GTHO, Holden HG Monaro, Dodge Challenger and 57 Chevy Coupe. It’s chrome-plated high-octane revhead porn all the way.

    To avoid confusion with the 1988 American film of the same name, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring River Phoenix and Judd Hirsch, the movie was released in the US as Fast Lane Fever.

    Mike
    Terry Serio
    Julie
    Deborah Conway
    Rebel
    Max Cullen
    Fox
    Richard Moir
    Dave
    Penne Hackforth-Jones
    Tony
    Vangelis Mourikis
    Jagger
    Grahame Bond
    Lee
    Warren Blondell
    Dad
    Robin Ramsay
    Ram
    Geoff Rhoe
    Sheryl
    Keli Roberts
    Joan
    Annie Semler
    Nurse
    Jacki Simmons
    Victor
    Gerry Sont

    Director
    John Clark

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