Burnout

The Fastest Dragsters... The Wildest Women... And A Driver Who Had To Have Them Both!

1979•1h 15m•

★4.0(3 ratings)

DramaAction

Overview

Troubled teenager Scott aspires to be a professional drag race car driver. Scott makes several faltering attempts to break into the world of drag racing with the help of his affluent businessman father Jeff. Undaunted, Scott decides to spurn Jeff's advice by branching out on his own by going on the road as a gopher for a successful drag race car driver.

Director

Graham Meech-Burkestone

Writers

Martin J. Rosen

Watchlist

Main Cast

Mark Schneider

Scott

Bob Louden

John Zenda

Crystal Ramar

Burnout

The Fastest Dragsters... The Wildest Women... And A Driver Who Had To Have Them Both!

1979•1h 15m•

★4.0(3 ratings)

DramaAction

Overview

Director

Graham Meech-Burkestone

Writers

Martin J. Rosen

Watchlist

Main Cast

Mark Schneider

Scott

Bob Louden

John Zenda

Crystal Ramar

Full Crew

Music & Sound

Sound Recordist: Skip Newman
Sound Recordist: H. Paul Savage
Original Music Composer: Jack Miller
Original Music Composer: Peter Dobson

Cinematography

Director of Photography: H. Paul Savage

Editing

Editor: Skip Newman
Editor: H. Paul Savage

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "The Fastest Dragsters... The Wildest Women... And A Driver Who Had To Have Them Both!"

The runtime is 75 minutes (1h 15m).

The film was directed by Graham Meech-Burkestone.

The screenplay was written by Martin J. Rosen.

The score was composed by Jack Miller.

Cinematography was handled by H. Paul Savage.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0310824.

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Rating

4.0/10

Mixed

3 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Burnout

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Sonrisa Productions

Crown International Pictures

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Burnout

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Mark Schneider

Bob Louden

John Zenda

Crystal Ramar

Burnout

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Mark Schneider

Bob Louden

John Zenda

Crystal Ramar

Darryl Buehl

Nick Cirino

Walter Rhodes

Randy Troxel

Jerry Jones

Marvin Graham

Tony Nancy

Dale Funk

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