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    Hot Rod Gang (1958)

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    Clearly made for the drive-in movie crowd of the day, the AIP film Hot Rod Gang features John Abernathy III (John Ashley), a young man who leads a double life. To his matronly spinster aunts, he’s a respectful and respectable young man (he stands to inherit a substantial amount of his grandfather’s estate if he leads a virtuous life, and his aunts hold the key).

    But when the adults (“squares”) aren’t around, John is into playing rock ‘n roll (he sings with a “combo” at their clubhouse) and racing his jalopy – and romancing new girl in town, Lois Cavendish (Jody Fair).

    A sub-plot has some bad guys attempting to expose John’s double life and frame him for crimes he didn’t commit (stealing hub caps – seriously!).

    Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps provide a couple of great tunes.

    A sequel – Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow – was released in 1959.

    John Abernathy III
    John Ashley
    Lois Cavendish
    Jody Fair
    Gene Vincent
    Himself
    Bill
    Russ Bender
    Mark
    Steve Drexel
    Dave
    Henry McCann
    Marley
    Maureen Arthur
    Tammy
    Gloria Grant
    Al Berrywhiff
    Dub Taylor
    Jack
    Scott Peters
    Abigail Abernathy
    Helen Spring
    Anastasia Abernathy
    Dorothy Neumann
    Agatha
    Claire Du Brey
    Wesley Cavendish
    Doodles Weaver
    Dryden Philpot
    Lester Dorr
    Jimmy
    Robert Whiteside
    The Blue Caps
    Themselves

    Director
    Lew Landers

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