Eat My Dust
5.4
“A Very Funny Car.”
Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her for a ride in a souped-up race car owned by local racer Big Bubba Jones. Hoover's father Harry, who's also the local sheriff is furious at the situation and orders his bumbling deputies to go after him. With the Sheriff's office overflowing with concerned parents and citizens and his deputies failing to catch him. He enlists the help of Jones and fellow racers to capture him. It culminates in a thrilling car chase finale through the rural countryside.
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Cast
19 people
Ron Howard
Hoover Niebold
Known for
American Graffiti
Happy Days
Christopher Norris
Darlene Kurtz
Known for
Summer of '42
Brad David
Billy B. Westerby
Known for
Stripped to Kill
Kathy O'Dare
Miranda Smith
Also in
Texas Detour
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Clint Howard
George Poole Jr.
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Jungle Book
Peter Isacksen
Junior Hale (as Pete Isacksen)
Known for
Grand Theft Auto
Jessica Potter
Lallie Chandler
Also in
American Gigolo
Warren J. Kemmerling
Sheriff Harry Niebold (as Warren Kemmerling)
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Family Plot
Charles Howerton
Dep. Jay Beah
Known for
Assassination
Kedric Wolfe
Dep. Brookside
Known for
Forbidden Zone
John Kramer
Dep. Sebastiani
Known for
Truck Turner
W.L. Luckey
Dep. Gallo
Also in
Hollywood Boulevard
Charles B. Griffith Director · David Grisman Composer Eric Saarinen Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $5M · Budget $300K · United States release April 1, 1976
Box office
Budget
$300,000
Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Gross vs. budget
16.7×
Production
New World Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 1, 1976
Theatrical
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