Greased Lightning (1977)
Director:
Michael Schultz
Tagline:
« He drove ’em wild! »
Actors:
Wendell Scott
Hutch
Mary
Peewee
Sheriff Cotton
Rating:
(2’235 votes)
(2’235 votes)
Quotes:
[searching for car parts in a scrap yard]
« Peewee: What'chyou looking for, Wendell?
»
« Wendell Scott: Some of this, some of that, some of everything. A universal joint.
»
« Peewee: Hmph. I wouldn't know a universal joint if it bit me.
»
« Wendell Scott: Well, one's about to bite you.
»
« Hutch: [sarcastically] If they shoved your brain up a gnat's ass, it would look like a BB in a boxcar.
»
« Speedway Announcer: That colored boy's hangin' in there, but he's got five more laps to go, folks.
»
Trailer:
Greased Lightning
Runtime:96 minutes
Plots:
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.
This is the true story of Wendell Scott, America’s first African American NASCAR driver, once he returns from WWII to find his hometown the way he left it. With seed money for a taxicab business, he learns all the county roads. With his new knowledge an opportunity presents itself with some steep consequences. After an invitation to the local race track, a race car driver is born. The ethnic boundaries are a part of everyday life in 1950’s Amercan life. You become part of his fight for equality, fairness and the American dream.
