Red Line 7000 (1965)

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Stock-car racers compete on the track while dealing with personal dramas and complicated romances. The film follows young drivers pushing themselves and their cars to the limit.

fast-paceddramaticromantictenseenergeticnostalgicriskygritty

What happens

Red Line 7000 is a 1965 American action sports film released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Howard Hawks, who also wrote the story. It stars James Caan, Laura Devon and Marianna Hill in a story about young stock-car racers trying to establish themselves and about the complicated romantic relationships in their lives. The title refers to the red line on the car's tachometer, set at 7000 RPM, indicating the maximum safe engine speed, beyond which catastrophic failure would occur. The film features multiple sections of real life racing and crashes interspersed with the plot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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