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Hotwire (1980)

95 min | Action, Comedy

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A hard drinking old man and a cocky street-wise drifter are blackmailed into repossessing a Rolls-Royce from a local gangster, and all hell breaks loose.

Director

Frank Q. Dobbs

Writers

Frank Q. Dobbs | Caleb Pirtle III

Producer

David L. Ford

Composers

John Gary Smith | Danny Ward

Cinematographer

Robert Bethard

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Updated Aug 31, 1980

Release date

Sep 1980 (United States)

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