''Running Cool'' is a 1993 American film from

Beverly Sebastian Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian are American film directors, producers and writers, whose independent films in the 1970s and 1980s were predominantly exploitation pictures similar to the work of Roger Corman and other directors in the 1 ...

and Ferd Sebastian. It is their last feature film, and their 13th film overall, in a career that began in 1968 with I Need. The film was shot in Citrus County, a community north of Tampa and northwest of Orlando, Florida. The budget was $2.5 million. Filming took place in 1991. Ferd Sebastian explained to Victoria White of

The Tampa Bay Times The ''Tampa Bay Times'', called the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by The Poynter Institute for ...

on April 16, 1993, that ''Running Cool'' was their most "messagey" movie, yet. In 1999, Sebastian explained to the online publication ''Mondo Stumpo'' that most of the cast and background actors, all of the bikers were friends; however although many were Christians he bikers they were not part of his (then active) ministry. He explained to ''The Tampa Times'' that ''Running Cool'' could have been made anywhere. "Instead of wetlands, we could have saved redwoods he goal of the bikers but everly and Ijust love it down here n their new, adopted home away from Los Angeles, in the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, area

Plot

Bone and Bear, two rough and tough bikers, ride out from Sturgis to the marshes of South Carolina to help out their buddy, Ironbutt Garrett, whose land is being eyed by the money-grubbing, domineering Calvin Hogg.

Cast

Andrew Divoff Andrew Daniel Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is an American actor and producer. Divoff has played many villains in film and on television, including drug cartel leaders, terrorists, and organized crime bosses, though he is best known for playing the ...

as Bone *Bubba Baker as Bear *

Paul Gleason Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was known for his roles on television series such as ''All My Children'' and films such as '' The Breakfast Club'', ''Trading Places'', and ''Di ...

as Calvin Hogg *

James Gammon James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series. Gammon portrayed Lou Brown, the manager of fictionalized versions of the Cleve ...

as Ironbutt Garrett *

Dedee Pfeiffer Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer (born January 1, 1964) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in films include '' Vamp'' (1986), '' The Allnighter'' (1987) and '' The Horror Show'' (1989). Pfeiffer later starred as Cybill's daugh ...

as Michelle *Tracy Sebastian as Blue Hogg (son of Calvin) *Jan Duncan, aka Jan Sebastian, as Marnie Andrew Divoff is best known for playing the evil Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest in the first two Wishmaster films, from 1997 and 1999. James Gammon became best known to U.S audiences for his role as the retired longshoreman Nick Bridges on the CBS television crime drama

Nash Bridges ''Nash Bridges'' is an American police procedural television series created by Carlton Cuse. The show stars Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The seri ...

, from 1996 to 2001. Paul Gleason is beloved for his role as Vice Principal Richard Vernon in

The Breakfast Club ''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 American independent teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The ensemble cast includes Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ring ...

(1985).

Trivia

Ferd Sebastian explained to The Tampa Times the filmmakers put out a call for 200 biker extras . . . and 2000 showed up. The bikers all donated their pay to aid construction of the Central Florida Zoo's Eagle habitat in honor of the Sebastians.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0108006
''Running Cool''
at Letterbox DVD
Trailer
at YouTube 1993 films 1990s English-language films American action thriller films 1993 action thriller films Films directed by Beverly Sebastian Films directed by Ferd Sebastian 1990s American films English-language action thriller films