Race with the Devil

"If you're going to race with the devil, you've got to be as fast as Hell!"

1975 1h 28m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 144

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Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

“If you're going to race with the devil, you've got to be as fast as Hell!”

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Cast

Peter Fonda
Roger
Warren Oates
Frank
Loretta Swit
Alice
Lara Parker
Kelly
R.G. Armstrong
Sheriff Taylor
Clay Tanner
Delbert
Carol Blodgett
Ethel Henderson
Phil Hoover
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Credits

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Director: Jack Starrett
Writers: Lee Frost, Wes Bishop
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CAST

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Directed by Jack Starrett, shot by Robert C. Jessup. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Leonard Rosenman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John F. Link shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Peter Fonda and Warren Oates and Loretta Swit carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If you're going to race with the devil, you've got to be as fast as Hell!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0073600 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jack Starrett directs. Robert C. Jessup behind the camera. Leonard Rosenman scores. John F. Link cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
251 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Jack Starrett, shot by Robert C. Jessup. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Leonard Rosenman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor John F. Link shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Peter Fonda and Warren Oates and Loretta Swit carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "If you're going to race with the devil, you've got to be as fast as Hell!".
8IMDB entry: tt0073600 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert C. Jessup
Original score: Leonard Rosenman
Editing: John F. Link
Makeup / hair: Dorothy J. Pearl
Sound: Don J. Bassman
Stunt coordinator: Paul Nuckles
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Race with the Devil (1975)

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John Chard2013-11-16
★ 8/10
Get your motors running, get out on the highway. Because Old Nick is coming to get yah! Race with the Devil is directed by Jack Starrett and written by Wes Bishop and Lee Frost. It stars Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker and R.G. Armstrong. A Panavision/ DeLuxe Colour production, music is by Leonard Rosenman and cinematography by Robert Jessop. Two vacationing couples have to flee for their lives when they witness a ritualistic slaying by occultists. Great fun. A raging "B" movie for the 70s drive-in crowd that tapped into the decades new found taste for the occult and highway speeding. Film is cloaked with a paranoia vibe as our two frantic couples desperately try to stay out of the clutches of Satanists. Life and death confrontations come and go, and as they are never sure who is in league with the hooded blood drinkers, they have to assume that they alone must fight the good fight. It all builds to a crescendo of exciting vehicle carnage, which in turn leads to the final denouement, which quite frankly is frustratingly brilliant. Oates and Fonda entertain with brisk and airy performances, though Swit and Parker are really only directed to be screaming banshees waiting to be saved by their burly men. Best served with lashings of Bourbon and Coke, and not designed to be scrutinised for moral or ethical worth, just enjoy the ride and try and stay one step ahead of Old Nick. 8/10

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