← Back to Reviews
in
The Gumball Rally (1976)
Director: Charles Bail (as Chuck Bail)
Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire, Raul Julia
Genre: Action Drama Comedy
About: A group of hard core racers, take to the street in a high speed, illegal cross country road race called The Gumball Rally.
Review: I actually seen this movie as a kid at the theater during it's first run. My dad liked car movies so I got to see on the big screen some of the great ones: Gone in Sixty Seconds, American Graffiti and this forgotten film, The Gumball Rally. There's not much story here, it's all about the race and the cars!
OMG! there are so many awesome cars in this movie that a car nut could blow a piston. The two main rivals are Michael Sarrazin and actor who was popular in the 70s. He gets to drive the infamous Ford Cobra 427 roadster...that's the blue car for you uncar people! His life long buddy and competitor is Tim McIntire who once played the brother of Kwai Chang Caine (David Caridine) in the TV series Kung Fu. He gets to drive a very fast 1974 Ferrari Daytona, the red car!
The Gumball Rally (1976)
Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire, Raul Julia
Genre: Action Drama Comedy
About: A group of hard core racers, take to the street in a high speed, illegal cross country road race called The Gumball Rally.
Review: I actually seen this movie as a kid at the theater during it's first run. My dad liked car movies so I got to see on the big screen some of the great ones: Gone in Sixty Seconds, American Graffiti and this forgotten film, The Gumball Rally. There's not much story here, it's all about the race and the cars!
OMG! there are so many awesome cars in this movie that a car nut could blow a piston. The two main rivals are Michael Sarrazin and actor who was popular in the 70s. He gets to drive the infamous Ford Cobra 427 roadster...that's the blue car for you uncar people! His life long buddy and competitor is Tim McIntire who once played the brother of Kwai Chang Caine (David Caridine) in the TV series Kung Fu. He gets to drive a very fast 1974 Ferrari Daytona, the red car!
In today's prices those two cars would be worth over 1.5 million dollars!
By far the coolest thing is the racing, the cars and the fact that the actors did all of their own driving...and yes it is high speed driving on real roads. A film like this could never be made today, unless it was a CG crap pile film
There's a team or pretty girls in a 974 Porsche 911 Targa and more pretty girls along the way. Oh and did I mention some of the crazy driving stunts they do...like pulling into a moving semi by a ramp. That was done for real as was the two wheeled driving of the yellow 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, yes I know, not a cool thing to do to a classic muscle car!
Of all the actors it's the talented Raul Julia who steals the show as a red blooded Italian car driver. I really enjoyed visiting this film again.
There's a team or pretty girls in a 974 Porsche 911 Targa and more pretty girls along the way. Oh and did I mention some of the crazy driving stunts they do...like pulling into a moving semi by a ramp. That was done for real as was the two wheeled driving of the yellow 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, yes I know, not a cool thing to do to a classic muscle car!
Of all the actors it's the talented Raul Julia who steals the show as a red blooded Italian car driver. I really enjoyed visiting this film again.