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Wild at the Wheel (1970)

1970 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

A reckless young driver in a black Ford Mustang runs stop signs, street-races and talks his way out of a traffic ticket, until he loses control on a hillside road and is killed. Police and paramedics at the crash scene frame the story.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0831_Wild_at_the_Wheel_00_21_05_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Mid 70's film · Hobbesjc · 2022-11-01

Dad's car was a 1976 or 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

★★★★ · Tom Slick · Dr-Pretorious · 2022-06-24

I counted a few factors myself in this Davis epic. Tom's fathers pants in the opening scenes..definite mental duress there. Tom looking like a cross between Nick Nolte / Gary Busey. A Mustang as a first car..trouble instant. And...it looks like speeding didn't bring Toms demise. It was off-roading and changing the station on the radio because Terry Jacks ' Seasons In The Sun ' was friggin on again!!!

★★★★ · If Only.. · Spuzz · 2014-06-07

Fun Sid Davis film in which a cop traces back about what could have caused an accident that killed a young driver. He retraces motivating factors that could have influenced him, family, friends, heck, even he blames himself for not letting him on the baseball team! Just turn yourself in now then, you pathetic scum. Great 70's feel to this.