Hot Rods to Hell (52 Miles to Terror) (1967)
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45% of users liked it
(295 ratings)
In this youthful actioner, two young hot-rodding hoods torment a family while they are en route to a motel in the California desert. The film is also known as 52 Miles to Midnight. The family goes there to take over the establishment. When they finally arrive, tired and frightened by their ordeal,… More In this youthful actioner, two young hot-rodding hoods torment a family while they are en route to a motel in the California desert. The film is also known as 52 Miles to Midnight. The family goes there to take over the establishment. When they finally arrive, tired and frightened by their ordeal, they are horrified to discover that the ramshackle inn is all but abandoned but for the teens who use it as a place to drink. The father and his clan then head for his brother's house 52 miles down the road. Again the young hoodlums launch a vicious attack. Something inside the father snaps. Suddenly stopping his speeding car, he aims his headlights right into the windshield of the oncoming teens, blinding them with the light. The kids crash. The father then forces them to promise to mend their delinquent ways. If they don't, he will send them to jail for a long, long, time. The creepy kids decide to reform. The father, decides to return to the motel and try to fix it up. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Brahm
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 27, 1967 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
A mixture of "Beach Blanket Bingo," "Last House on the Left," and "Leave it to Beaver"...
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
Consistently amusing in its unintentional campiness.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Your usual sleazy teenage questionable family value campy B-film.
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Cast
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Dana Andrews
as Tom Phillips
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Jeanne Crain
as Peg Phillips
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Mimsy Farmer
as Gloria
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Laurie Mock
as Tina Phillips
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Paul Bertoya
as Duke
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Gene Kirkwood
as Ernie
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Tim Stafford
as Jamie Phillips
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George Ives
as Lank Dailey
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Hortense Petra
as Wife at Picnic
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William Mims
as Man at Picnic
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Paul Genge
as Policeman
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Peter Oliphant
as Little Boy
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Harry Hickox
as Bill Phillips
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Charles P. Thompson
as Charley
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Mickey Rooney Jr.
as Combo Leader
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Jim Hennagan
as Youth
- Jeffrey Byron
