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Bill Bailey, Bruce Dern, Frank Triest

Aging distance runner Wes Holman (Bruce Dern) can no longer participate in American events thanks to a violation of his amateur status 20 years earlier. Convinced he's still fit enough capture the hon...( read more  read more... )or he lost years ago, Holman heads to his childhood home in Northern California to train for the run of his life: the brutal Cielo Sea Race, which has crushed competitors decades younger than him. John Marley and Pam Grier costar in this potent film.

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Directed by: Rob Nilsson

Release Date: June 1, 1986

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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005

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