Two-Lane Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop

102 mins | Drama | July 7, 1971

A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.

Two-Lane Blacktop

102 mins | Drama | July 7, 1971

Two-Lane Blacktop
A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises
Original title Two-Lane Blacktop
Directors Bonnie Prendergast, Ken Swor, Monte Hellman
Writers Will Corry, Floyd Mutrux, Rudy Wurlitzer

Cast

James Taylor

as The Driver

Warren Oates

as G.T.O.

Dennis Wilson

as The Mechanic

Laurie Bird

as The Girl

Rudy Wurlitzer

as Hot Rod Driver

Harry Dean Stanton

as Oklahoma Hitchhiker

Jaclyn Hellman

as Hot Rod Driver's Girl

Alan Vint

as Man in Roadhouse

Katherine Squire

as Old Woman

Bill Keller

as Texas Hitchhiker

David Drake

as Needles Station Attendant

Richard Ruth

as Needles Station Mechanic

Don Samuels

as Texas Policeman #1

Charles Moore

as Texas Policeman #2

Tom Green

as Boswell Attendant

W.H. Harrison

as Parts Store Owner

Illa Ginnaven

as Waitress in Roadhouse

George Mitchell

as Truck Driver at Accident

A.J. Solari

as Tennessee Hitchhiker

Melissa Hellman

as Little Girl with Old Woman Picked Up by G.T.O.

Jay Wheatley

as Man #1 at Race Track

James Mitchum

as Man #2 at Race Track

Kreag Caffey

as Boy with Motorcycle

Tom Witenbarger

as Pickup Truck Driver

Glen Rogers

as Soldier #1

Tomas Moore

as Kid at Drive-In (uncredited)

Big Willie Robinson III

as Street Racer in Daytona (uncredited)