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Hot Rod Girl (1956)

Hot Rod Girl poster
Directed by
Leslie H. Martinson
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenagers who love to race their hot rods are encouraged to move their racing from city streets to a proper drag strip. A new troublemaker in town pressures them back into dangerous street racing with serious consequences.

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What happens

Hot Rod Girl is an independent, black-and-white 1956 teen-oriented action film produced by Norman T. Herman, directed by Leslie H. Martinson and released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Girls in Prison. Hot Rod Girl stars Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors and John Smith. The film centers on efforts to keep hot-rodding teenagers from dangerous drag racing on city streets and having them move to the safety of a specialized drag strip, and the consequences when an aggressive newcomer to town goads them into street racing again. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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