Cannonball Fever (1989) on Netflix
Police arrest the drivers, so the sponsors of the illegal cross-country Cannonball Run need replacements. Charlie Cronan, a parking valet, is bullied into driving a BMW with actress Tiffany.
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Plot summary
An illegal three-day race from Washington, D.C. to Santa Monica pays a million dollars to the winner and five runners-up, but Chief of Police Spiro T. Edsel arrests every driver, so the sponsors need replacements by the next day. Charlie Cronan, a parking valet, is bullied into a BMW with Tiffany, a dim actress. Alec Stewart, an English gambler in debt to a loan shark named Big Wally, talks hitman Vic DeRubis into riding with him in a Jaguar. Lea Roberts and Margaret, MIT graduates, take a Ferrari Daytona Spyder for the race. Valentino Rosatti, a skittish mechanic, drives a Lamborghini with Flash, a former policeman. Millionaire brothers Nelson and Randolph Van Sloan enter a Bentley and cheat to get ahead. Reporters Heather Scott and Jack O'Neill cover the race and join it in their news van.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cannonball Fever (1989)
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- Brooke Shields won Worst Supporting Actress at the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards for Speed Zone; her very brief cameo has her playing herself and saying she hopes not to end up "doing bit parts in movies". The film was also nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Director (Jim Drake).
- Jamie Farr cameos as Sheik Abdul Ben Falafel, who says in an interview that he is retiring from racing; Farr and his character are the only actor and character from The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II to appear in Speed Zone.
