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Poster for Winners Take All

Winners Take All

1987 · 102 min

A breezy, sunlit sports drama of roaring engines and small-town rivalries, easy to watch and never too heavy.

Directed by
Fritz Kiersch
Genres
Action, Adventure
Starring
Don Michael Paul, Kathleen York, Robert Krantz
Tagline
Fast bikes. Fast women.
Overview
Billy Robinson has become the hottest hot-rodder on the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. But when he returns in triumph to his hometown to bask in all the adulation, he also skids into some pretty rank jealousy from envious motorcycling wanna-bes. And when a local race is organized, Billy must shift gears completely and compete against his best friend, Rick, for the top prize.

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Directed by
Fritz Kiersch
Genres
Action, Adventure
Starring
Don Michael Paul, Kathleen York, Robert Krantz
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • race
    • ambition
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action6
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    action, adventure
    Directed by
    Fritz Kiersch
    Written by
    Ed Turner
    Starring
    Don Michael Paul, Kathleen York, Robert Krantz, Deborah Richter, Peter DeLuise, Courtney Gains, Paul Hampton, Gerardo Mejía
    Cinematography
    Fred Murphy
    Runtime
    102 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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