Fast Company
Watch NowAn over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-company executive who sponsors his team.
William Smith
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Claudia Jennings
Sammy
John Saxon
Phil Adamson
Nicholas Campbell
Billy 'The Kid' Brocker
Don Francks
Elder
Cedric Smith
Gary 'The Blacksmith' Black
Judy Foster
Candy
Robert Haley
P.J.
George Buza
Meatball
David Graham
Stoner
David Petersen
Slezak
Chuck Chandler
Edmonton Track Announcer
Cheri Hilsabeck
Hitchhiker
Sonya Ratke
Hitchhiker
Michael Bell
Chuck Randall
Douglas Main
TV Newscaster
Patricia Goodwin
New Miss Fastco
L. Peter Feldman
Security Guard
Graham Light
Track Official
Fred Hodgson
TV Camera Crew
Michael Ouellette
TV Camera Crew
Trevor Yacyshyn
Hot Rodder
Robert Hill
Hot Rodder
Jerry Knowles
Track Starter
Dave Barker
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Neil Dainard
Racetrack Driver (uncredited)
Courtney Smith
Producer
Ronald Sanders
Editor
Michael Lebowitz
Producer
David Cronenberg
Director
Peter O'Brian
Producer
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Phil Savath
Producer
Gail Carr
Casting
Carol Spier
Art Direction
Delphine White
Costume Design
Jan Newman
Makeup Artist
Caryl Brandt
Production Manager
David Perlmutter
Executive Producer
Fred Mollin
Original Music Composer
Tom Fisher
Special Effects
Bryan Day
Sound Recordist
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
Terry Burke
Sound Effects Editor
Courtney Smith
Screenplay
Richard D. Wright
Property Master
Arnie Stewart
Assistant Sound Editor
Jim Kaufman
First Assistant Director
David Cronenberg
Screenplay
Ken Pappes
Boom Operator
David Street
Assistant Sound Editor
Christopher Tate
Boom Operator
Nicholas Campbell
Writer
Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alan Treen
Original Story
Phil Adams
Stunts
Phil Savath
Screenplay
Jim Long
Second Assistant Director
Mark Damien
Stunts
Roger Bate
Gaffer
Robert Holmes
Second Unit Cinematographer
Isabelle Foord
Production Assistant
Graham Light
Technical Advisor
Gail McGregor
Unit Publicist
Robin Miller
First Assistant Camera
Wendy Partridge
Wardrobe Assistant
Margaret Hanly
Continuity
Rick Porter
Still Photographer
Lee Wright
Grip
Madeleine Stewart
Wardrobe Assistant
Lynda Farmer Hickman
Production Secretary
Geoff Goodwin
Stunt Coordinator
Gillian Macintosh
Post Production Assistant
Sherry Cohen
Location Manager
Linda Brestich
Production Secretary
Walley Protz
Technical Advisor
Jerry Verheul
Stunt Coordinator
Gary Armstrong
Clapper Loader
Maris H. Jansons
Key Grip
Fred Mollin
Music Arranger
Bob Papirnick
Stunt Driver
Gordie Bonin
Stunt Driver
Shirley Granger
Production Accountant
Sherry Wolfson
Production Coordinator
Bette Chadwick
Additional Casting
Vaughan Killin
Color Timer
Arnie Stewart
Assistant Editor
Bob Murphy
Production Assistant
Roy Johnson
Transportation Captain
Richard Mead
Production Assistant