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    Corvette Summer (1978)

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    The directing debut of Matthew Robbins, co-writer (with Hal Barwood) of Steven Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express, is a youth movie very much in the mould of American Graffiti (1973).

    Mark Hamill, then fresh from the original Star Wars (1977), stars as Kenneth W. Dantley Jr – a high school student who spends most of his time fondling, stroking and polishing the love of his life: a customised Chevrolet Corvette that he lovingly restored for auto-shop class.

    When the car is stolen, Kenny goes looking for it with the help of trainee prostitute Vanessa (Annie Potts), who lives in a psychedelic Dormobile.

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    Kenny also crosses paths with various uninteresting characters like a con man, a car thief, and a Vegas gambler. Partridge Family redhead Danny Bonaduce is in the mix as Kootz – one of the hero’s high-school pals – and it’s a sad commentary on the movie that his scenes are the most entertaining.

    Sadly, Robbins’s directing career proved to be fairly undistinguished after this promising first feature.

    Released in some markets as The Hot One.

    Kenneth W. Dantley Jr
    Mark Hamill
    Vanessa
    Annie Potts
    Ed McGrath
    Eugene Roche
    Principal Bacon
    Richard McKenzie
    Wayne Lowry
    Kim Milford
    Kootz
    Danny Bonaduce
    Ricci
    Albert Insinnia
    Mrs Dantley
    Jane A. Johnston
    Plain Clothes Police Lecturer
    William Bryant

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