''Eat My Dust!'' is a 1976 action film from

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starring

Ron Howard Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He ...

Plot

When the clean-cut but rebellious son of a small-town sheriff steals the race car of a professional driver, the sheriff forms a motorized posse to recover the car.

Production

had written a comedy with his father called ''Tis the Season'' and raised half the budget from Australia. He met with Roger Corman and agreed to star in the film provided the producer agreed to co-finance ''Tis the Season''. Corman was not enthusiastic about the comedy but said if Howard appeared in ''Eat My Dust!'' he would let the actor develop a second film which Howard would direct as well as star in. This was ''

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'' (1977).Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p 151-2 Charles Griffith directed the movie, which was shot in four weeks, although Howard's scenes were done in only ten days. It was originally titled ''The Car'', and Griffith says he only suggested ''Eat My Dust!'' as a joke, but the marketing department at New World loved it.

Cast

as Hoover Niebold * Christopher Norris as Darlene Kurtz *Brad David as Billy B. Westerby *Kathy O'Dare as Miranda Smith *

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as George Poole Jr. *Peter Isacksen as Junior Hale *Jessica Potter as Lallie Chandler *Warren J. Kemmerling as Sheriff Harry Niebold * Charles Howerton as Dep. Jay Beah *Kedric Wolfe as Dep. Brookside *John Kramer as Dep. Sebastiani *W.L. Luckey as Dep. Jerry Gallo *

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as Deputy Clark *

Dave Madden David Joseph Madden (December 17, 1931 – January 16, 2014) was a Canadian-born American actor. His most famous role came on the 1970s sitcom ''The Partridge Family'', in which he played the group's manager, Reuben Kincaid, opposite Shirley Jo ...

as Big Bubba Jones *

Robert Broyles Robert Houston Broyles (January 20, 1933 - February 12, 2011) was an American character actor, drama teacher, theatre director, and writer. He was sometimes billed as Bob Broyles or Bobby Broyles. Early life Broyles was born in Sparta, Tenness ...

as Bud *

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as Bruno Smith *

Corbin Bernsen Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series '' L.A. Law'',

as Roy Puire *

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as Old Man Lewis

Release

The film premiered on April 7, 1976 in San Antonio. It then opened in 100 theatres in Texas on April 23, 1976.

Reception

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'' gave the movie two out of five stars, calling it below par, finding the movie enjoyable but mindless.

References

External links

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Alan Arkush on ''Eat My Dust!''
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