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Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

He drove 'em wild!

19776.31h 36m

Overview

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

Directed by Michael Schultz
Written by Leon Capetanos, Lawrence DuKore, Melvin Van Peebles
Produced by Hannah Weinstein
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Top Cast

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Wendell Scott

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Hutch

Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Mary Jones

Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Peewee

Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia

Sheriff Cotton

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Mr Jones

Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham

Billy Joe Byrnes

Richie Havens

Richie Havens

Woodrow

Earl Hindman

Earl Hindman

Beau Welles

Julian Bond

Julian Bond

Russell

Themes & Keywords

car racesportsstock car racingauto-tuningautomobileracismrace car drivernascarblack historystock carrace carblack awarenessrace car crashsemi-biographicaldirt track racingracing driverblack communityrace car drivingdeep southauto racing

About Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning is a action, comedy, drama film released in 1977 exploring themes of car race, sports, stock car racing, auto-tuning, automobile, racism. Directed by Michael Schultz, it stars Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier. The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

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