''Driving Force'' is a 1989 action film directed by A.J. Prowse.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p48

Plot

A widower Steve (Sam Jones) and his girlfriend Harry (Catherine Bach) stop Nelson (Don Swayze) and his tow-truck drivers of the future who boost business with accidents and start a war with them that leads to bloodshed and violence.

Cast

* Sam J. Jones as Steve *

Catherine Bach Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman; March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' and Margo Dutton in '' African Skies''. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS ...

as Harry *

Don Swayze Donald Carl Swayze (born August 10, 1958) is an American character actor, noted for acting in dramatic series and soap operas as well as several feature films, and theatrical work. Early life Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the middle child of ...

as Nelson * Stephanie Mason as Becky * Ancel Cook as Pete *

Gerald Gordon Sir Gerald Henry Gordon (born 17 June 1929) is a Scottish lawyer who is the editor of ''Scottish Criminal Case Reports'' and ''Renton and Brown's Criminal Procedure'', and author of ''The Criminal Law of Scotland''. Previous appointments Gordon ...

as John * Renata Scott as Leslie * Robert Marius as "Surf" *

Billy Blanks William Wayne Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is an American actor, martial artist, boxing champion and Fitness culture, fitness personality. He was a nationally ranked competitor in semi-contact and point karate during the 1980s, winning a bro ...

as Pool * Michael Joiner as Black Night Mechanic

Production

The events of the film were originally supposed to take place in Australia in the near future, since all the creators of the film, including the screenwriter, were Australians, but in order to save money, filming was conducted in the Philippines with American actors. Filming took place in

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

during a time of political unrest, with lead actress Catherine Bacha hiring

as a bodyguard. The producers were impressed with Blanks and the character of Pool was written into the script for Blanks. Legendary Australian stuntman

Grant Page Grantley John Page (August 6, 1939 – 14 March 2024) was an Australian stuntman who worked mostly during the 1970s and 1980s. Page was the stunt coordinator for the popular Australian action movies '' The Man from Hong Kong'' (1975) and ''Mad ...

was the stunt coordinator on the film. He also served as a

second unit director A second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second unit will often shoot simultaneously with the other unit or units, allowing the filming s ...

alongside producer Howard Grigsby.

References

External links

* * 1989 films 1989 action films Films shot in the Philippines American action films 1980s English-language films Films directed by Andrew Prowse 1980s American films English-language action films {{1980s-US-film-stub