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Return to Macon County poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 63.3 / 100
1975·Drama·1h 30m

RETURN TO MACON COUNTY

“Two guys, a chick and the hottest '57 Chevy on the road!”

In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.

Above the Line
Richard Compton·DirectorRichard Compton·WriterJacques R. Marquette·Director of PhotographyRobert O. Ragland·Original Music ComposerCorky Ehlers·Editor
Cast
Nick Nolte·Bo HollingerDon Johnson·Harley McKayRobin Mattson·JunellRobert Viharo·Sergeant Bob WittakerMatt Greene·PeteDevon Ericson·BettyPhilip Crews·LarryWalt Guthrie·Big Man in Coffee ShopMary Ann Hearn·PatSam Kilman·Cook
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Richard Compton·Director
Writing· 1
Richard Compton·Writer
Camera· 6
Jacques R. Marquette·Director of PhotographyTony Askins·First Assistant CameraBill Beam·Dolly GripRobert Blair·Key GripJohn T. Dustin·Camera OperatorLutz Hapke·Camera Operator
Editing· 1
Corky Ehlers·Editor
Sound & Music· 5
Robert O. Ragland·Original Music ComposerRobert O. Ragland·ConductorSam Horta·Sound Effects EditorSeymour S. Klein·Sound MixerCharles Sherlock·Boom Operator
Art & Design· 3
Fred Williams·Makeup ArtistGregg H. Bilson·Assistant Property MasterDrew Struzan·Art Designer
Production· 4
Elliot Schick·ProducerSamuel Z. Arkoff·Executive ProducerHal Klein·Production ManagerMichael McLean·Casting
Other Departments· 9
Jo Ann Phillips·HairstylistSalvatore Billitteri·Post Production SupervisorRoy L. Downey·Special EffectsJesse Wayne·Stunt CoordinatorTerry Leonard·Stunt CoordinatorLuther Randall III·Stunt DriverJack Rabin·Visual EffectsRobert J. Banks·ElectricianDon Cady·Best Boy Electric
By the Numbers
63.3
OF 100
Master Score
5.6
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
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