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A stock car driver goes undercover as the wheel man for a motorcycle gang.A stock car driver goes undercover as the wheel man for a motorcycle gang.A stock car driver goes undercover as the wheel man for a motorcycle gang.
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- TriviaJeff Gillan, who played the non-speaking role of Fats, also played the infamous Santa Claus that kicks Ralphie down the ramp in A Christmas Story.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the movie, a frustrated Rod decides to "auction off" his brand new trailer. While he speaks to the assembled crowd he motions to the trailer, which we then see with its door open and an acoustic guitar, quite prominently, leaning against the tires inside. When the people turn and look at the trailer a second later, the guitar is tucked in the right side of the trailer door and is barely visible.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Wild Rebels (1990)
- SoundtracksCan I Do It?
(uncredited)
Performed by The Birdwatchers
Played in the bar scene
Available on "Birdwatchers" LP (Florida-Rock 4001)
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Legendary pop star Steve Alaimo ("Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying") stars as an unlikable stock car racer whose career has hit the skids (ha ha) because he constantly crashes his car (or as he laments, "I'm tired of being run down by every grease monkey that gets behind the wheel"). He falls into a bad crowd of humorously inept Nazi bikers, improbably named Jeeter, Banjo, Fats, and, er, Linda. Fats is the most likable of the bunch; he took a surfboard to the back of the skull and now only communicates through grunts, sort of a Harley Davidson Leatherface.
Anyway, Steve is fooled by the cops into catching the dastardly crooks in the middle of one of their bank robberies. The gang only robs banks for "kicks, man". I guess they give the money to charity. Steve fails constantly, the bikers get greasier, and the whole thing never comes off as daring because it's so dull. This movie looks like it was filmed through a grease-soaked paper towel. Not since "Necromantic" has a movie so trampled my soul.
The guy who played Fats went on to direct "Deranged", the Ed Gein biopic starring Robert Blossom.
Anyway, in summary: Wild Rebels: Hilarious on MST3K, dreadful everywhere else.
Anyway, Steve is fooled by the cops into catching the dastardly crooks in the middle of one of their bank robberies. The gang only robs banks for "kicks, man". I guess they give the money to charity. Steve fails constantly, the bikers get greasier, and the whole thing never comes off as daring because it's so dull. This movie looks like it was filmed through a grease-soaked paper towel. Not since "Necromantic" has a movie so trampled my soul.
The guy who played Fats went on to direct "Deranged", the Ed Gein biopic starring Robert Blossom.
Anyway, in summary: Wild Rebels: Hilarious on MST3K, dreadful everywhere else.
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- Budget
- $75,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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