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    Wild Racers, The (1968)

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    Teen heartthrob Fabian plays former stock car driver Jo Jo Quillico, who is hired by a Grand Prix racing team tycoon to be runner-up for a more experienced driver in the year’s big European races.

    But Jo Jo can’t resist trying to win and when his partner is injured, he is given his chance, scoring several spectacular victories. He travels from circuit to circuit across Europe, conquering women along the way.

    That changes when he finds Katherine Pearson (Mimsy Farmer), a girl who sticks beside him no matter what, and for whom he feels the first stirrings of real love.

    Despite the pseudo-art-house style, the film carries the mood and atmosphere of 1960s Grand Prix racing very well. The race scenes (mostly actually F2 races filmed in Holland, Spain, Britain and France) are well cut and the scenes of European cities and landscapes are a lovely travelogue view of the Continent.

    Quentin Tarantino has described The Wild Racers as his favourite racing car film.

    Jo Jo Quillico
    Fabian
    Katherine Pearson
    Mimsy Farmer
    Pippy
    Judy Cornwell
    Charlie
    Warwick Sims
    Virgil
    Alan Haufrect
    Ian
    David Landau
    June
    Talia Shire
    Louise
    Patricia Culbert
    French Girlfriend
    Ursule Pauly
    Pit Crew Mechanic
    Dick Miller

    Director
    Daniel Haller
    Roger Corman

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