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Thunder in Carolina is a 1960 stock car racing film directed by Paul Helmick and starring Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale, Jr., and Connie Hines. Written by Alexander Richards, it contains 1959-vintage stock car race footage.
Filmed at a number of small dirt ovals in the South, the film is set in the 1959 edition of NASCAR's Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.




Plot


A stock-car veteran (Rory Calhoun) teaches a grease monkey to race in the Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C.




Cast


Rory Calhoun: Mitch Cooper
Alan Hale, Jr.: Buddy Schaeffer
Connie Hines: Rene York
Race Gentry: Les York (billed as John Gentry)
Ed McGrath: Reichert
Troyanne Ross: Kay Hill
Helen Downey: Eve Mason
Van Casey: Stoogie
Tripplie Wisecup: Myrtle Webb
Carey Loftin: Tommy Webb
Billie Langston: Peaches
Ann Stevens: Singer
George Rembert, Jr.: Junior Thorsen
Olwen Roney: Motel manager
Richard Taylor: Higgins
George Fordham: Waiter




Production


All filming was done during 1959 with much of the footage taken during the actual event. A film car was entered to capture on-track sequences and Rory Calhoun actually ran some laps during the race. Calhoun drives a two-tone 1957 Chevrolet, with a blue body and white top, while his friend-turned-competitor "Les York" is in a 1959 Oldsmobile.
The film is a "B" grade production in terms of budget but Thunder in Carolina managed to capture much of the sound and fury of the era.




Release


The film had its opening engagements on June 7, 1960 in Darlington, Florence and Hartsville, South Carolina.
The film was later marketed on home video as Hard Drivin' with a freeze-frame title spliced into the opening.




Reception


It grossed $271,847 in its first week in a 100 theater saturation release in the Carolinas. The film was released nationally on July 15, 1960. Quentin Tarantino is a fan of the film.




See also


List of American films of 1960




References






External links


Thunder in Carolina at IMDb
Thunder in Carolina at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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