The Last American Hero (1973)
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Lamont Johnson's subtle direction graces this true-life success story about racecar driver Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges), based on stock-car champion Junior Johnson. As a child in North Carolina, Jackson stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for… More Lamont Johnson's subtle direction graces this true-life success story about racecar driver Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges), based on stock-car champion Junior Johnson. As a child in North Carolina, Jackson stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for moonshining. Seeing the error of his ways, Jackson begins to concentrate his driving skills, hoping to become a professional stock car racer to raise money to get his father released from jail. Jackson rises from the ranks into the highest rung of professional stock car racing, but Jackson finds his independent nature is compromised by the corporate realities of the professional sports world. The real Junior Johnson served as technical advisor on the film. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lamont Johnson
- Written By
- Tom Wolfe
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Sports & Fitness, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jul 27, 1973 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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Cast
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Jeff Bridges
as Elroy Jackson Jr.
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Valerie Perrine
as Marge
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Mrs. Jackson
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Ned Beatty
as Hackel
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Art Lund
as Elroy Jackson Sr.
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Gary Busey
as Wayne Jackson
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Ed Lauter
as Burton Colt
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Tom Ligon
as Lamar
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Lane Smith
as Rick Penny
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Gregory Walcott
as Morley
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Ernie F. Orsatti
as Davie Baer
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Erica Hagen
as Trina
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William Smith II
as Kyle Kingman
- James Murphy
