The Orson Welles of lame stogy Hollywood films made his directorial debut with this redneck car chase comedy that is fun to watch because they wreck a lot of cars.
The film was produced by Roger Corman, the great exploiter of young talent. Howard and his father Rance Howard wrote the story which pretty much consists of cars chasing each other. Ron Howard found a part for his brother Clint Howard and loaded up some of the smaller parts with some of his Happy Days co-workers.
This film is not really anything special. Howard directs everything in a two shot which is kind of understandable since he is stuck in a car for almost the entire film. But considering that Howard had been a working actor his entire life he sure doesn't seem to know how to direct the rest of the cast. Everyone is completely over the top except for Howard and his costar Nancy Morgan who are very bland.
Probably the best thing in the film are the car chase scenes which I doubt Howard directed since that is usually 2nd unit stuff. However Grand Theft Auto made a lot of money for Roger Corman and helped Howard get better films since in Hollywood making money rules all.
1977
84 minutes.
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