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Movie Info

After his manager, Kenny Donford (Bill Bixby), loses money gambling on horse races, slick stock car driver Steve Grayson (Elvis Presley) must earn enough on the track to keep Kenny out of jail. With the help of his mentor, Abel Esterlake (William Schallert), Steve does his best to win a series of races at Charlotte Speedway. Along the way, he begins to fall for Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra), the beautiful Internal Revenue Service agent assigned to Kenny's case.

Rating:

G
Genre:

musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

Norman Taurog
Producer:

Douglas Laurence
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 1, 2009
Runtime:

1h 32m
Production Co:

Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Cast & Crew

Elvis Presley
Steve Grayson

Nancy Sinatra
Susan Jacks

Bill Bixby
Kenny Donford

Gale Gordon
R.W. Hepworth

William Schallert
Abel Esterlake

Victoria Meyerink
Ellie Esterlake

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Critic Reviews for Speedway

All Critics (3) | Top Critics (2) | Rotten (3)

Speedway is pleasant, kind, polite, sweet and noble, and if the late show viewers of 1988 will not discover from it what American society was like in the summer of 1968, at least they will discover what it was not like.

May 21, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Music, youth and customs were much changed by Elvis Presley 12 years ago; from the 26 movies he has made since he sang "Heart-break Hotel" you would never guess it.

May 21, 2005 | Full Review…

Renata Adler
New York Times
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July 12, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
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