Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    Nostalgia Central
    • Home
    • Blog
      • Lists
    • Television
      • TV by Decade
        • TV – 1950s
        • TV – 1960s
        • TV – 1970s
        • TV – 1980s
        • TV – 1990s
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Kids TV
      • Variety
      • News & Sport
      • Advertisements
    • Music
      • Music by Decade
        • Music – 1950s
        • Music – 1960s
        • Music – 1970s
        • Music – 1980s
        • Music – 1990s
      • Artists – A to K
        • Artists – A
        • Artists – B
        • Artists – C
        • Artists – D
        • Artists – E
        • Artists – F
        • Artists – G
        • Artists – H
        • Artists – I
        • Artists – J
        • Artists – K
      • Artists – L to Z
        • Artists – L
        • Artists – M
        • Artists – N
        • Artists – O
        • Artists – P
        • Artists – Q
        • Artists – R
        • Artists – S
        • Artists – T
        • Artists – U
        • Artists – V
        • Artists – W
        • Artists – X
        • Artists – Y
        • Artists – Z
      • Artists – 0 to 9
      • Genres
      • Music on Film & TV
      • One-Hit Wonders
      • Playlists
      • Online Radio
    • Movies
      • Movies by Decade
        • Movies – 1950s
        • Movies – 1960s
        • Movies – 1970s
        • Movies – 1980s
        • Movies – 1990s
      • Movies – 0 to 9
      • Movies – A to K
        • Movies – A
        • Movies – B
        • Movies – C
        • Movies – D
        • Movies – E
        • Movies – F
        • Movies – G
        • Movies – H
        • Movies – I
        • Movies – J
        • Movies – K
      • Movies – L to Z
        • Movies – L
        • Movies – M
        • Movies – N
        • Movies – O
        • Movies – P
        • Movies – Q
        • Movies – R
        • Movies – S
        • Movies – T
        • Movies – U
        • Movies – V
        • Movies – W
        • Movies – X
        • Movies – Y
        • Movies – Z
    • Pop Culture
      • Fads
      • Toys & Games
      • Fashion
      • Decor
      • Food & Drink
      • People
      • Technology
      • Transport
    • Social History
      • 1950s Year by Year
      • 1960s Year by Year
      • 1970s Year by Year
      • 1980s Year by Year
      • 1990s Year by Year
      • Events
    Nostalgia Central
    Home»Movies»Movies by Decade»Movies - 1970s
    Movies - 1970s Movies - H 2 Mins Read

    Herbie Rides Again (1974)

    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email

    The action moved from the racetrack to the streets of San Francisco for this follow-up to the 1969 blockbuster The Love Bug.

    herbieridesagain6Herbie Rides Again not only brought back the sentient, lovable VW Bug Herbie, but the film also featured the return of grasping business tycoon Alonzo Hawk, the villain of Disney’s The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and Son of Flubber. Keenan Wynn reprised the role he had created in the two “flubber” films.

    This time, the scheming Hawk is trying to build a gigantic skyscraper in downtown San Fran. The last remaining obstacle is the feisty widow Mrs Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), who owns an old firehouse on the intended site.

    Steinmetz’s equally-feisty niece, Nicole Harris (Stefanie Powers), joins her aunt in the fight. Hawk has the money and the henchmen, but the ladies have an ace up their sleeve: Herbie, the precocious and fearless VW Bug.

    Hawk’s nephew and lawyer, Willoughby Whitfield (Ken Berry) switches over to team Steinmetz when he falls in love with Nicole, but even with the three humans and one car working together, Hawk is simply too powerful.

    herbieridesagain9

    But Herbie has friends. Powerful friends. Volkswagen friends. The united Bugs of San Francisco turn up for a climactic battle with Hawk’s bulldozers, winners take all.

    Rather than simply remaking The Love Bug, Disney created a completely different movie, similar only in its light, slapstick tone.

    Faced with the question of “what else do you do with an intelligent car?” the moviemakers turned the zany dial up a notch, throwing in bits like an Alonzo Hawk nightmare with Herbie as a stalking warrior.

    The wacky comedy went over big, as evidenced by the filming of two more sequels.

    Mrs Steinmetz
    Helen Hayes
    Willoughby Whitfield

    Ken Berry
    Nicole Harris

    Stefanie Powers
    Mr Judson

    John McIntire
    Alonzo Hawk

    Keenan Wynn
    Sir Lancelot

    Hank Jones
    Loostgarten

    Chuck McCann
    Red Knight

    Rod McCary

    Related Posts

    • Wonderful World Of Disney, The/ Disneyland
      Wonderful World Of Disney, The/ Disneyland
      1 9 5 4 - 1 9 8 3 (USA) 1 9 8 6 - 1 9 9 0 (USA) This pioneering…
    • Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The (1992)
      Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The (1992)
      Disney moved in on the quick-buck slasher market with this disarmingly tacky rip-off of Fatal Attraction (1987) and every crazed-nanny flick…
    • Man Who Had Power Over Women, The (1970)
      Man Who Had Power Over Women, The (1970)
      John Krish's film is a strange one. The title suggests ribald comedy, which, in part, the film is. But there's…
    • Candleshoe (1977)
      Candleshoe (1977)
      Filmed at Pinewood Studios in England and on location in Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire and Shropshire, this live-action Disney film opens in…
    • Hawk the Slayer (1980)
      Hawk the Slayer (1980)
      Lord Grade's ITC gave director Terry Marcel a modest budget of less than a million pounds to throw his hat…
    • Treasure island (1950)
      Treasure island (1950)
      Walt Disney's first fully live-action film came about more from necessity than from a business plan. Both Disney and distributor…
    • Love Bug, The (1969)
      Love Bug, The (1969)
      A fun-filled Disney romp about Herbie - a Volkswagen Beetle who develops a distinct personality and its own ideas of…
    • Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977)
      Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977)
      Another ride with the Love Bug finds Herbie - the 1963 VW beetle with sunroof and red, white and blue…

    Disney
    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleHerbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977)
    Next Article Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (1967)

    Comments are closed.

    Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    You May Also Like
    • A Whole Scene Going
      1 9 6 6 (UK) 24 x 30 minute episodes A Whole Scene Going was the […]
    • Amy Prentiss
      1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 5 (USA) 3 x 120 minute episodes This crime […]
    • Mobile Telephones (Cell Phones)
      The first mobile phone call in the UK was a strange publicity […]
    • Richard Diamond, Private Detective
      1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) 77 x 30 minute episodes Richard […]
    • Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
      Barely surviving the wrath of Khan, the battle-scarred starship […]
    • Nothing in Common (1986)
      This disjointed but still effective comedy features the strained […]
    Twitter Feed
    Please note


    Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today.
    Popular Tags
    1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 Action Figures Amicus Arcade games Australia Beach movies Beatles Blaxploitation Board games Britpop Canada Crime Disco Disney Doo-Wop Elvis Presley Girl groups Glam Goth Hammer Heavy Metal Irwin Allen Labels Merseybeat Mod revival Motown New Romantic New Wave NWOBHM Oi! One-hit wonders Power Pop Pub rock Punk Radio Scotland Ska Soul music Surf music
    Search Nostalgia Central
    Copyright © 1998, 2022 Nostalgia Central
    • About
    • Contact
    • FAQ

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.