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Hot Rod Gang

1958 · 72 min

A breezy, cheerful slice of fifties teen culture, all chrome, guitars and mild rebellion, easy to watch and pleasantly dated.

Directed by
Lew Landers
Genres
Drama, Music
Tagline
Crazy kids...living to a wild rock 'n roll beat!
Overview
A kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.
How it feels
Light, earnest and campy. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Music, ambition, family, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Lew Landers
Genres
Drama, Music
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • ambition
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Lew Landers
Written by
Lou Rusoff
Starring
John Ashley, Jody Fair, Gene Vincent, Russ Bender, Steve Drexel, Henry McCann, Maureen Arthur, Gloria Grant
Cinematography
Floyd Crosby
Runtime
72 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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