I watched this movie as a 10 year old kid. This was my start into hot rods. My Dad died a year later in 1975. I use to always be at his side when he worked on his car. This movie brings back lots of memories. I love and miss you Dad.
I've never seen this one I like it tho can feel the James Dean vibe 😂 yep just lost my Dad befpre Christmas in 22 he was almost 75yrs old but yea was all about Hot rods sold his last 66 Mustang Convertible like 15yrs ago i want to say He was trying to pay his new truck off an stuff moved up north into a cabin where im at now But i tell ya he wouldnt believe wat these cars are bringin as of lately miss ya Dad!!!
❤ That must have been so tough as young kid. My relative's father died in a freak accident a few months before her birth, and I have always wondered the effect.
Son you're gonna drive me to drinking if you don't stop drivin that Hot Rod Lincoln 😤. I knew the rocker who wrote and sung that song.... Commander Cody. KING of the HONKY TONKS. 😊
Powerful memories. Until you said that it didn't even cross my mind how we bond through these kinds of things. My step dad always worked on cars and my brother learned. We were the only Jewish family with an engine hanging from a tree. My brother then workee on stock cars, then became a service writer at BMW and at his funeral, mechanics talked about how much they learned from him and how they appreciated his making the effort to help them figure out things and solve problems. It could be anything but this film has a little window on how we can have powerful bonds through something as simple as mechanics... And your sharing these memories just brought us back there too. Many blessings.
Great movie. I remember this one from back in the day. This was when the outdoor drive inn's were still around. How times have changed. I think the 70s was a great time to be alive. Thanks. For sharing.
I got my license on my 16th birthday in '74. All my gear-head friends were waiting for it to air. I wanted to paint, "The Tacoma Kid" on the door of my '67 GTO (they threw me in jail for havin' too much fun).
Lots of nostalgia for sure ! And if anyone cares, there is still a drive in movie in Jesup GA. I used to carry my girlfriend there when we were young.....we never did watch the show. She's now my wife of 40 years..... I still take her there once in a while and we still don't watch the show.....too hard to stay awake....... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I remember watching this movie with my dad when I was 10 years old. That '34 Ford with the flames made a big impact on me, and I never forgot it. I have wanted to watch this movie again, and I finally did, 50 years later. I just wish my dad could have been here so we could watch it again. Thank you for posting it. It brought back some great memories from my childhood, and of my dad, may He rest in peace.
It's always... somehow heartwarming to read about such feelings which an old movie stirs up. So thank you very much for taking your time and writing this little story.
You know it's an old movie when a car goes off the road, flies through the air, crashes, rolls over several times, and doesn't burst into a flaming explosion.
Not bad for a free TH-cam film. An easy watch. Martin Sheen and Nick Nolte shine even as very young actors. There's a pretty decent supporting cast too and a fairly good story. I would give it 7.5/10
I watched this movie on TV as a 10 year old in 1974. It was the first car that got my attention as a kid and I asked my dad a bunch of questions about it as we watched the movie. I started drag racing at 16 because of the influence of this car!
I saw this movie when I was teenager ...Revenge with a Classic Kick...every single car on this movie is awesome...even the music sounds current...love it...thank you.
The great Vic Morrow, who died on set filming The Twilight Zone: The Movie. Started out playing the punk teenager in the 50's. Notable films were The Blackboard Jungle and King Creole. If you can, watch Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Have both The California Kid and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry on blu-ray.
In 74 my uncle had a 69 Boss 429 that would dominate the streets. He told me the story about once getting pulled over by a cop and instead of getting a ticket they raced and if he won he would not get a ticket. The cops 440 Coronet was fast but he ended up winning and kept driving home. This was a time when cops took pride in their cars and would work on them to make them faster.
They knew my step dads car. In 1947 he was parked and they were inspecting his car and challenged him to a race and same thing, he won, but he said “I spun a bearing in the motor and limped back to the burger joint” (building is still there but an office now) called his buddy later with a tow truck. He was a mechanic for 50’ years. I learned a lot from him.
Quality performances by Martin Sheen & Nick Nolte. It may have been a petrol head movie, but at least there was a decent mystery, to back up the race scenes. Nice to see a stunt car cliff drop, without the car explosion, which generally doesn't happen in real life, it's only for dramatic purposes. I'd recommend this film.
I love old movies like this! My first time ever seeing it! And I could watch it all over again!! 34 has always been my one of my favorites!! Always looking for them at the car shows I go to each year!!
Did you know? During filming, Martin Sheen walked up the front fenders with his boots on. Martin Sheen slammed the doors so hard, it broke the window glass. They couldn't get the '34 to slide on the asphalt so they slide it on the dirt, kicking up pebbles chipping the paint. The engine shown is actually the engine from the American Graffiti '32. The '34 had a small block Ford.
I was 15,when this movie came out.Totally into hot rods,had been a subsciber to "Hot Rod" magazine since I was 12.I"m 64 now,alway"s loved this movie.34 Ford,has alway"s been my favorite!
I had a 35 Ford coupe put 57 vette engine in it after building it then put a International 5 speed transmission in it flipped trunk around made rumble seat loved it wished wouldn’t have sold it.
I built a 34 3 , window with aSBC and a blower from scratch because of this car and billy gibbons ZZTop ride . I put ghost flames on it . Been into cars from a small boy still am at 60 🇬🇧👍🏻😉
I saw this movie when it came out as a movie of the week. Years later Vic Morrow will lose his life making a movie. A helicopter was flying too low and it killed him and two children that he was carrying. I first remember seeing him in the tv show Combat. RIP!
I remember Vic Morrow from Combat also. He was the main reason I watched this tv movie of the week back then. He was later accidentally killed in the Twilight Zone the Movie.
Plymouth fury I think . I had NZ-assembled 1958 Plymouths made in Lower Hutt registered in 58 the yanks tell me they were 57's . The beauty was the Plymouth , DeSoto, and Chrysler had interchangeable parts .Geez I miss them a classy drive like a land yacht they floated down the road, torsion bar suspension.
Great Movie! I missed this one! I was in A&P School, learning how to work on and make Airplanes! Love the story, the cars, Martin Sheen, and all the errata of the Era. Thank You!
In 1969, that all got changed and ruined by that good for nothing gloria stinum and gloria alread with that goofy women's lib garbage and them running around burning their bras and lesbianism began to be on the rise till you see all the stickin mess your seeing today. Women taking jobs off of men and the disrespect they have towards all men these days. Things got worse as each decade passed.
Loved that '33/'34 Coupe. Same year this movie came out I was building my '28 Ford Roadster, with a 289 and all Mustang running gears. I was also drag racing a '58 Chevy that was a super modified Street racer. Loved those days.
@myopinion6092 How ASSinine of you to make such a comment. Your ASSiduities to derrier words is remarkably juvenile in concept as well as approach. When you ASSerted facts not in evidence, you made an ASS out of yourself in front of the entire world. Congratulations. You can now wear the dunce hat.
Does that apply to just tyre size ie low profile etc ...or wheels? I'm asking only because I drove a friend of mines ute ( new Zealand &: Australia terminology) Pick up truck I think is what Americans call them. Anyway it had way!!! Oversized wheels on it that made the steering pull to the left at speeds anything under 110 klm pH ( dunno what that is in miles) anything faster it handles beautiful. So I was doing what the Speedo said was 120; & I got a ticket for exceeding 130. I was told it was likely because of the wheels being larger🤔 I could look it up I suppose but it was this comment that made me remember it so..
@@nickibanks5185the larger the outside diameter the slower the speedometer will read.. if tire is 10 percent larger than old tire and speedo is 120 you are going 132. Low profile tires could have the opposite effect.
As a young kid in Australia this car was the best Hot Rod ever, and I've always loved flame jobs since. I even had a chrome skid kid bike which I had Candy Apple Red flames sprayed on. A local custom Harley place did them and they cost me $14. The biker dudes who did them treated me seriously and did a great job, but that's beside the point. Quality actors but someone should have shown Mr Sheen how to respect someone else's property (maybe with a backhander).
This movie was from the TV Movie of the Week series on the ABC Network. The weekly tv movies ran from 1969 to 1975. Another memorable tv movie was Tribes starring Jan Michael Vincent. Another one was Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black.
Wasn't it Vic Morrows voice over on the old Outer Limits tv series? Do not attempted to adjust your tv set. We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. I believe he also was on the Original Star Trek tv series in the first season episode called Arena, and on the second season episode Mirror Mirror episodes. Later in the 80's he was acting in a movie and got killed in that movie to.
I remember watching this movie with my dad. I was 8 years old. I lost my dad 3 years ago. Wish he was still here so I could play this movie again for him.
Wow thats what the cafes looked like, complete with 5 cent jute boxes. They made our peanut butter sandwiches wrapped in celephane, waxed paper. Our breakfast, lunch a nd dinner. Nothing left but fond memories. There are a few cafes left but in remote towns. 😊
I remember seeing this on either Monday/Wednesday night on ABC back in the mid-70s.. This was during the hotrod craze inspired by American Graffiti with Paul LeMat driving a yellow deuce coupe...
@scarbourgeoisie @6:55 that is a Chevy engine, with over cover valley wire runners. The wires are run by the intake to the back of the block to the cap. It keeps the wires out of the head heat zone by the headers.
Loved this movie back in the day. I was 13 then and haven't seen it til now but remember it like yesterday. It was a movie of the week on ABC if i remember correctly. I hated to see Vic Morrow play the bad guy as he was my hero, Sgt Saunders in the absolute best WW2 show ever made, COMBAT. Nick Nolte right before Return to Macon County Line,another good car flick. Michelle Phillips as the cafe waitress after her stint in the Mamas and Pappas. I even seen in the credits that the sailor that got killed had a last name of Estevez so he really was Martin Sheen's brother but in real life as Sheen's real name is Estevez. Great old movie,glad i rewatched it 50yrs later! Thanks so much for posting and bringing back memories.
boy the scene is real who was guy when curve on Fenton road used to here the ara old 1957 Pontiac convertible dead man's curve tree rapped in the hitting about over there goes just wondering Paula
Had the honor and privilege to see the actual California Kid hot rod a few weeks ago at the 50th anniversary of the Back to the 50s car show at the Minnesota State Fair grounds. :)
The California Kid car is the exact car (except color) that Billy Gibbons had the SoCal Speed Shop build the “Eliminator “ car from. Billy Gibbons was always a huge fan of the movie.
Definitely brings back memories of days gone by. It seems most of us are close to the same age here. I was 11 when this came out and it was classroom talk between a bunch of us the next day in school. Good memories. 👍
I remember this movie very well. I graduated from the 9th grade in June '74, and started high school in September. I believe this movie was released in the summer, it brought back the time of the 1960s muscle cars. Herman Munster's (Fred Gwynn) dragster, and Grandpa's (Al Lewis) coffin dragster... too cool.
Same here, but I've moved on. The size proportions and performance are more akin to that of a truck. I'm also over the '60's - '70's era hot rods and the "redicorus" prices they catch at auction. That said, I'd go bonkers for a vintage Thunderbird, Corvette and/or Mercedes Gullwing.
I understand that Martin Sheen loved James Dean as an actor and was strongly influenced by him. This roll playing a James Dean type character must have been a dream come true.
Just finished this after it Randomly popped up while watching the fandango trailer. Now I gotta go watch that 😂, I’m only 26. So I got a lot of catching up on these old movies
The California Kid lettered on the sides was done by Legend Steve Kafka for the movie , the other flames were part of the original Pete and Jake's build.A buddy of mine knew Pete and bought a neon Morrison Hotel sign that hung above the famous Doors album cover used motel on the album from him it don't work but still has it 💯
Fun fact: The actor who played Don McCord, the brother of MIchael McCord, was Joseph Estevez who is the brother of Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez, MIchael McCord) in real life.
I saw it for the first time on DVD recently. I'm surprised I never seen it before that I recall. I grew up in the 70's. I saw Duel, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Vanishing point, etc.
I saw this when I was younger and always wanted a 34 or 32 coupe but I ended up with a 67 fastback mustang green like the bullet car but just to see this movie got me into cool looking car ive been to as many car shows as possible and vintage drag races i ❤ cars
I also remember watching this as a kid and even have this on video to this day. If you like this then also checkout Hot Rod 1979, Deuce Coupe 1992 and of course American Graffiti 1973 to name just a few.
Had completely forgotten about this film since seeing it on tv in high school. I am now 66. Always a Martin Sheen fan,-- liked him best as sociopath Charlie Starkweather in Badlands. Been a while since gas was 22 cents/gal.!
Temple City, California: Just north of the NE corner of Rosemead Blvd and Las Tunas Dr. is a street art monument commemorating locals Pete & Jake who built the California Kid half a block west in their shop. The car is prominently featured on the monument. Going north, pass the monument, turn right at the next driveway. One more right into the underground parking. Come up the stairs to get to the corner and be amazed.
Haven't seen this in while. One of my favorites when I was 12 years old. As I grew older I learned movie plots are psychology portraits of characteristics of personality traits. The original walking Tall 1st movie was a true story about a sheriff. I like the hot rod too. Martin Sheen was a good actor to nick Nolte
Love that black Mercury Montclair car to! Love Ford cars and trucks especially from back in the days when cars and trucks had good looks and designs to them unlike what they look like today as they all look like cookie cutter SUV's and four door station wagon trucks with wagon wheels and thin tires on them.
I'm 63. I saw this movie once in the 70's and never forgot it. So glad I found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must have seen the same broadcast. I was about 17 at the time.
Me too!!!! And in a Black and White TV. I’m 62
I watched this movie as a 10 year old kid. This was my start into hot rods. My Dad died a year later in 1975. I use to always be at his side when he worked on his car. This movie brings back lots of memories. I love and miss you Dad.
great memories story mate , greets australia and salute and respects to your dad
I've never seen this one I like it tho can feel the James Dean vibe 😂 yep just lost my Dad befpre Christmas in 22 he was almost 75yrs old but yea was all about Hot rods sold his last 66 Mustang Convertible like 15yrs ago i want to say He was trying to pay his new truck off an stuff moved up north into a cabin where im at now But i tell ya he wouldnt believe wat these cars are bringin as of lately miss ya Dad!!!
❤ That must have been so tough as young kid. My relative's father died in a freak accident a few months before her birth, and I have always wondered the effect.
Son you're gonna drive me to drinking if you don't stop drivin that Hot Rod Lincoln 😤. I knew the rocker who wrote and sung that song.... Commander Cody. KING of the HONKY TONKS. 😊
Powerful memories. Until you said that it didn't even cross my mind how we bond through these kinds of things. My step dad always worked on cars and my brother learned. We were the only Jewish family with an engine hanging from a tree. My brother then workee on stock cars, then became a service writer at BMW and at his funeral, mechanics talked about how much they learned from him and how they appreciated his making the effort to help them figure out things and solve problems. It could be anything but this film has a little window on how we can have powerful bonds through something as simple as mechanics... And your sharing these memories just brought us back there too. Many blessings.
Great movie. I remember this one from back in the day. This was when the outdoor drive inn's were still around. How times have changed. I think the 70s was a great time to be alive. Thanks. For sharing.
They sure were!
They absolutely were the best years to grow up when it came to cars and music 👍
I got my license on my 16th birthday in '74. All my gear-head friends were waiting for it to air.
I wanted to paint, "The Tacoma Kid" on the door of my '67 GTO (they threw me in jail for havin' too much fun).
Lots of nostalgia for sure ! And if anyone cares, there is still a drive in movie in Jesup GA. I used to carry my girlfriend there when we were young.....we never did watch the show. She's now my wife of 40 years..... I still take her there once in a while and we still don't watch the show.....too hard to stay awake....... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reminds me cruising boozing...and General mischief....
I remember watching this movie with my dad when I was 10 years old. That '34 Ford with the flames made a big impact on me, and I never forgot it. I have wanted to watch this movie again, and I finally did, 50 years later. I just wish my dad could have been here so we could watch it again. Thank you for posting it. It brought back some great memories from my childhood, and of my dad, may He rest in peace.
It's always... somehow heartwarming to read about such feelings which an old movie stirs up. So thank you very much for taking your time and writing this little story.
You know it's an old movie when a car goes off the road, flies through the air, crashes, rolls over several times, and doesn't burst into a flaming explosion.
And the tires squeal on dirt
🤣
Thats an oldie but a goodie....movie is 50yrs. old and I was 15 when I first saw it......thanks for the trip down memory lane 👍
Stuart Margolin was such a treasure in so many films and of course,the Rockford Files. He was always funny.
Angel Martin was a Sheriff's Deputy? Rockford would get a laugh out of that....
Not bad for a free TH-cam film. An easy watch. Martin Sheen and Nick Nolte shine even as very young actors. There's a pretty decent supporting cast too and a fairly good story. I would give it 7.5/10
I watched this movie on TV as a 10 year old in 1974. It was the first car that got my attention as a kid and I asked my dad a bunch of questions about it as we watched the movie. I started drag racing at 16 because of the influence of this car!
I saw this movie when I was teenager ...Revenge with a Classic Kick...every single car on this movie is awesome...even the music sounds current...love it...thank you.
Love the build up to a 'teach you right " climax,, Martin Sheen and Nick Nolte both young, super
Ha ha! Take that Sheriff! Loved this movie! Hi from New Zealand!🇳🇿
The great Vic Morrow, who died on set filming The Twilight Zone: The Movie. Started out playing the punk teenager in the 50's.
Notable films were The Blackboard Jungle and King Creole. If you can, watch Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.
Have both The California Kid and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry on blu-ray.
If you haven't seen it already, watch "The World's Fastest Indian" filmed there in NZ
Hi NZ. This movie influenced me as Did Detroit Dragway in the 70's. I always prefer fast cars that handle well.
@@darenoeschler7048 Yes I have seen it. Great movie! Thank you😀
... G'Day from Pom Land 🏴🤟🌄 1:52
What a grand classic! Loved it…. First time watching at 56 yrs old. How did I miss this with cable tv growing up??? Fantastic movie!
How indeed? Enjoy Brother Im 57 🇺🇲
In 74 my uncle had a 69 Boss 429 that would dominate the streets. He told me the story about once getting pulled over by a cop and instead of getting a ticket they raced and if he won he would not get a ticket. The cops 440 Coronet was fast but he ended up winning and kept driving home. This was a time when cops took pride in their cars and would work on them to make them faster.
They knew my step dads car. In 1947 he was parked and they were inspecting his car and challenged him to a race and same thing, he won, but he said “I spun a bearing in the motor and limped back to the burger joint” (building is still there but an office now) called his buddy later with a tow truck. He was a mechanic for 50’ years. I learned a lot from him.
Right... 🙄
@@mickeyd9641 Lemme guess, Chrysler motor?
Quality performances by Martin Sheen & Nick Nolte. It may have been a petrol head movie, but at least there was a decent mystery, to back up the race scenes. Nice to see a stunt car cliff drop, without the car explosion, which generally doesn't happen in real life, it's only for dramatic purposes. I'd recommend this film.
When bicycles explode in Hollywood moves. Or one gas tank but three explosions. Authenticity is better than ridiculous pyrotechnics.
The year I graduated high school , haven't seen this movie in 40 yrs ,thanks for posting this ,vic morrow, excellent actor ,
He could definitely play the bad guy just as well as the good guy.
This movie is just as good today, as it was the first time I watched when I was 12 , it 50 years ago this year!!!
Fq
I agree except I was 11, lol.
So was I 😆 June 63@@RedBud315
That boat of a blue finned whale could never match that roadster in a million years... I guess you never learned anything about cars.
@@indrekkpringi I fail to see the relevance of your reply, it appears you are replying to a question that was not asked?
I love old movies like this! My first time ever seeing it! And I could watch it all over again!! 34 has always been my one of my favorites!! Always looking for them at the car shows I go to each year!!
Did you know? During filming, Martin Sheen walked up the front fenders with his boots on. Martin Sheen slammed the doors so hard, it broke the window glass. They couldn't get the '34 to slide on the asphalt so they slide it on the dirt, kicking up pebbles chipping the paint. The engine shown is actually the engine from the American Graffiti '32. The '34 had a small block Ford.
I did not know. Thanks. Last I heard, though, the '34 California Kid is at Pete & Jake's Hot Rod Shop in Peculiar,Mo.
It’s still a drop top to Us! I don’t think it was a good idea for suicide doors. But it’s still a Hot! 🤙👌
Chop top not convertable@@efo1358
Thanks for the info 👍 I enjoyed it ❤
Outstanding 😂❤
I was 15,when this movie came out.Totally into hot rods,had been a subsciber to "Hot Rod" magazine since I was 12.I"m 64 now,alway"s loved this movie.34 Ford,has alway"s been my favorite!
50 years later,any car guy would love to own this thing.Worth probably in the $200,000 area.maybe even more.
I shot my tv set as a kid because of this movie. Daisy Red Rider. I thought it was empty but it had one bb left. Got the sheriff in the forehead.
Looks like you gonna be on ur way to see god soon
I had a 35 Ford coupe put 57 vette engine in it after building it then put a International 5 speed transmission in it flipped trunk around made rumble seat loved it wished wouldn’t have sold it.
I built a 34 3 , window with aSBC and a blower from scratch because of this car and billy gibbons ZZTop ride . I put ghost flames on it . Been into cars from a small boy still am at 60 🇬🇧👍🏻😉
I saw this movie when it came out as a movie of the week. Years later Vic Morrow will lose his life making a movie. A helicopter was flying too low and it killed him and two children that he was carrying. I first remember seeing him in the tv show Combat. RIP!
Spot on comment mate!
I remember Vic Morrow from Combat also. He was the main reason I watched this tv movie of the week back then. He was later accidentally killed in the Twilight Zone the Movie.
@@Neal-1958 Vic Morrow was also in Dirty Mary, crazy Larry. Such a shame he got taken from us in an accident that should never have happened.
What's crazy is they kept that scene in the movie.
The movie he was making was The Twilight Zone. That was sad news to hear that day.
$1.10 for five gallons of high test! Those were the good old days!
Music is loud and extremely annoying
@@doorguru168888 no kidding I remember 32 cents per..
I was thinking the same thing.
This was just before president peanuts gas crisis, and long before BiDeNoMiCs!!
And before they killed Ethel...😅😮😂
And you also had to work eight hours to earn $10.
@@bryanmcleod9346 hell, the gas stations were pumping Ethel a lot back then!🤣🤣🤣
I was 14 when this came out, and I've been hooked on old cars ever since.....
Dash board mounted rear view mirror on sheriff's cruiser! Wow!! Miss the late 60's mid 70's! Times were good,different.
Plymouth fury I think . I had NZ-assembled 1958 Plymouths made in Lower Hutt registered in 58 the yanks tell me they were 57's . The beauty was the Plymouth , DeSoto, and Chrysler had interchangeable parts .Geez I miss them a classy drive like a land yacht they floated down the road, torsion bar suspension.
Always been a fan of Nick nolte and Martin sheen super good actors you never see any more I miss these guys
Great cast! Vic Morrow also was a cop the same year in the ultra badassed Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
Nick nolte is still around, he's in quite a few films just lately but he's older like the rest of us 😅
If you really are a fan, why do you disrespect them so much by failing to capitalize their names?
@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe get a life you doughnut
Great Movie! I missed this one! I was in A&P School, learning how to work on and make Airplanes! Love the story, the cars, Martin Sheen, and all the errata of the Era. Thank You!
Loves the time when women actually really respect men and a father is a well respected head of a family, loves the 70s
In 1969, that all got changed and ruined by that good for nothing gloria stinum and gloria alread with that goofy women's lib garbage and them running around burning their bras and lesbianism began to be on the rise till you see all the stickin mess your seeing today. Women taking jobs off of men and the disrespect they have towards all men these days. Things got worse as each decade passed.
Thank-you for sharing this movie! It was great!
Loved that '33/'34 Coupe. Same year this movie came out I was building my '28 Ford Roadster, with a 289 and all Mustang running gears. I was also drag racing a '58 Chevy that was a super modified Street racer. Loved those days.
Hey Man, I had a 58 2dr hdtp with a 348 that was untouchable!! What memories!!!!
I remember watching this live in 74. Haven’t seen it since. Thanks!
It wasn't LIVE in 74. It was on film then too.
That’s about 60 years huh! 1974 $50 was a whole lot of money!
@@tomlavelle8340 I also saw it again later as a rerun. Maybe it was on a cable tv channel. Memorable movie.
@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe Who said it was.. You are ASSuming things
@myopinion6092 How ASSinine of you to make such a comment. Your ASSiduities to derrier words is remarkably juvenile in concept as well as approach. When you ASSerted facts not in evidence, you made an ASS out of yourself in front of the entire world. Congratulations. You can now wear the dunce hat.
Surprisingly good movie for its time. Great cast, who went on to greater things.
Just cant beat those old movies!!
but you can beat your ding dong
And Justice was served, Long Live The California Kid!
Served with what?
Great old movie. We all know LARGER TIRES makes the speedo read SLOWER.
Does that apply to just tyre size ie low profile etc ...or wheels?
I'm asking only because I drove a friend of mines ute ( new Zealand &: Australia terminology) Pick up truck I think is what Americans call them. Anyway it had way!!! Oversized wheels on it that made the steering pull to the left at speeds anything under 110 klm pH ( dunno what that is in miles) anything faster it handles beautiful. So I was doing what the Speedo said was 120; & I got a ticket for exceeding 130. I was told it was likely because of the wheels being larger🤔
I could look it up I suppose but it was this comment that made me remember it so..
Tire HEIGHT only.@@nickibanks5185
@@nickibanks5185 over all tire diameter.
Maybe he was trying to fool the sheriff.
@@nickibanks5185the larger the outside diameter the slower the speedometer will read.. if tire is 10 percent larger than old tire and speedo is 120 you are going 132. Low profile tires could have the opposite effect.
And 100 years later, his boy drives the wraith!
Strange , yep I noticed , this as well , both are badass l cars , it like waith is a re.make , 😊 ,
As a young kid in Australia this car was the best Hot Rod ever, and I've always loved flame jobs since. I even had a chrome skid kid bike which I had Candy Apple Red flames sprayed on. A local custom Harley place did them and they cost me $14. The biker dudes who did them treated me seriously and did a great job, but that's beside the point. Quality actors but someone should have shown Mr Sheen how to respect someone else's property (maybe with a backhander).
Glad to finally find this movie 50 years later!!! I was 12 years old when I saw it for the first time. What a good movie!!👍🏼
This movie was from the TV Movie of the Week series on the ABC Network. The weekly tv movies ran from 1969 to 1975. Another memorable tv movie was Tribes starring Jan Michael Vincent. Another one was Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black.
Ryan's Song and Duel were also great ABC Movie of the Week flicks.
@danielfoley9331 Yes, Brian's Song🏈 and Duel🚗🚛were also memorable.
Very nice film
Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow great actors
Wasn't it Vic Morrows voice over on the old Outer Limits tv series? Do not attempted to adjust your tv set. We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. I believe he also was on the Original Star Trek tv series in the first season episode called Arena, and on the second season episode Mirror Mirror episodes. Later in the 80's he was acting in a movie and got killed in that movie to.
I remember this one well. I've only seen it once. thanks for posting it.
I remember watching this movie with my dad. I was 8 years old. I lost my dad 3 years ago. Wish he was still here so I could play this movie again for him.
My most sincere condolences, mate.
Wow thats what the cafes looked like, complete with 5 cent jute boxes. They made our peanut butter sandwiches wrapped in celephane, waxed paper. Our breakfast, lunch a nd dinner. Nothing left but fond memories. There are a few cafes left but in remote towns. 😊
I remember seeing this on either Monday/Wednesday night on ABC back in the mid-70s.. This was during the hotrod craze inspired by American Graffiti with Paul LeMat driving a yellow deuce coupe...
If you lived in N.Y.C. IT was channel 7.& do remember connecting Hiway fri.&sat.nights ???
Wow, wah wah guitar and Nick Nolte picking his nose in his opening shot. This one is a cool relic of history.
Opens the hood, small block Ford. Move to the close-up shot, small block Chevy. The magic of cinema.
@scarbourgeoisie
@6:55 that is a Chevy engine, with over cover valley wire runners. The wires are run by the intake to the back of the block to the cap. It keeps the wires out of the head heat zone by the headers.
Holy Crap! I haven't seen this movie since the Seventies. Sitting on the couch with my girlfriend Sharon. I'm having a Nostalgia Attack.
Loved this movie back in the day. I was 13 then and haven't seen it til now but remember it like yesterday. It was a movie of the week on ABC if i remember correctly. I hated to see Vic Morrow play the bad guy as he was my hero, Sgt Saunders in the absolute best WW2 show ever made, COMBAT. Nick Nolte right before Return to Macon County Line,another good car flick. Michelle Phillips as the cafe waitress after her stint in the Mamas and Pappas. I even seen in the credits that the sailor that got killed had a last name of Estevez so he really was Martin Sheen's brother but in real life as Sheen's real name is Estevez. Great old movie,glad i rewatched it 50yrs later! Thanks so much for posting and bringing back memories.
boy the scene is real who was guy when curve on Fenton road used to here the ara old 1957 Pontiac convertible dead man's curve tree rapped in the hitting about over there goes just wondering Paula
Had the honor and privilege to see the actual California Kid hot rod a few weeks ago at the 50th anniversary of the Back to the 50s car show at the Minnesota State Fair grounds. :)
That black paint sure is shiny or it was in 1986!!!
I do enjoy watching that 1934 Ford 3 window coupe made into a chopped top Hot Rod.
The California Kid car is the exact car (except color) that Billy Gibbons had the SoCal Speed Shop build the “Eliminator “ car from.
Billy Gibbons was always a huge fan of the movie.
California Kid is a 1934 Ford and The Eliminator is a 1933 Ford.
I watched this as a rerun sometime in "75" late at night when sitting in my room while stationed at Ft Benning GA
Definitely brings back memories of days gone by. It seems most of us are close to the same age here. I was 11 when this came out and it was classroom talk between a bunch of us the next day in school. Good memories. 👍
Thanks TH-cam, i was in my senior year of high school when this came out. Just now watching it. Worth the wait ❤
Vic Morrow perfected these sinister characters
Sometimes I think of Vic Morrow and Michael Parks as a combination of cooler than cool obsessive, flawed antiestablishment anti hero type:)
you're so very right.. he certainly did..no one could play pissed off like Vic Morrow could.
Victoria passed away to early! Coulda made alot more suspense movies..
MOORE LIKE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 💯🎯🤌😢
TRUE NATURE
The car was the inspiration for Billy Gibbons to build The Eliminator from a 33 Ford coupe.
I was going to argue with you but I looked it up and you're absolutely right!
No one Asked
@@myopinion6092 This isn't a question and answer forum dummy! Now go away..
@@doorguru168888. Same builder!
ZZ Top is my all time favorite band. RIP Dusty.
Martin Sheen has some serious James Dean and Kirk Douglas vibes going on here. Very cool!
I remember this movie very well. I graduated from the 9th grade in June '74, and started high school in September. I believe this movie was released in the summer, it brought back the time of the 1960s muscle cars. Herman Munster's (Fred Gwynn) dragster, and Grandpa's (Al Lewis) coffin dragster... too cool.
Отличный фильм !
I was born in 62 ..always loved the look of that car
Same here 62 to bro 👌
Same here, but I've moved on. The size proportions and performance are more akin to that of a truck. I'm also over the '60's - '70's era hot rods and the "redicorus" prices they catch at auction. That said, I'd go bonkers for a vintage Thunderbird, Corvette and/or Mercedes Gullwing.
What was the movie with the 1942 Henry J hotrod?
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I remember watching this when I was a child. It was my mom's favorite movie for years
I understand that Martin Sheen loved James Dean as an actor and was strongly influenced by him. This roll playing a James Dean type character must have been a dream come true.
and he did a great job of that here
WHO is watching this for the FIRST TIME in Dec., 2024...???
Just finished this after it Randomly popped up while watching the fandango trailer. Now I gotta go watch that 😂, I’m only 26. So I got a lot of catching up on these old movies
Yup dec29
@@FidelRodriguez-gi3oi dec30
Bad ass car
My favorite coupes
My wife’s cousin painted the flames on the Kid.
Really good work!
Good one, hilarious
Your cookie is in the mail.
There's always haters , to bad you don't have a picture to shut them haters up, all that really matters is you know ,at least you have a memory
My wife's 2nd cousin three times removed knew a guy who knew the cousin of your wife's cousin's aunt. Small world huh?🤷♂
Oversize wheels would register slower on the speedometer.
Yes they do. I've used taller and shorter tires. Taller tires slow the speedometer down.
Not if the speed was counted on the front wheels which were the proper size
@@erikbostrom.9318 .
Speed is usually pulled off the transmission. There are interchangeable toothed gears to change ratios & fine tune.
Hey! don't argue with Mr Sheen.
@@erikbostrom.9318 It isn't an Oldsmobile
Fell in love with Martin Sheen in this movie. So handsome.
When I started high school, Dave ( staff in my dorm) recommended this movie to me. This was way back in 1999, just now seeing it near the end of 2024.
The CALIFORNIA KID means JUSTICE!! AT LAST!!
I've watched this movie many times as a kid which got me into street rods and racing
I was 21 when this movie came out. Loved it!❤
The California Kid lettered on the sides was done by Legend Steve Kafka for the movie , the other flames were part of the original Pete and Jake's build.A buddy of mine knew Pete and bought a neon Morrison Hotel sign that hung above the famous Doors album cover used motel on the album from him it don't work but still has it 💯
For anyone interested, the Sailor driving in the beginning of the film was Martin Sheens real life brother, Joe Estevez
I thought it was Martin at first. Thanks
Good movie, I saw it when it came on TV long ago and never forgot it..
Gone are the days when the ladies said please, cars had wings , painted fire, and girls were innocent
The underage girl was a "fast girl".
@@xmo552 not so fast for the 70's , this wasn't the 50's
@@gaylandbarney2231
Yes, but Bruce said girls were innocent..
But you’re still an MCP : Male Chauvinist Pig!
I noticed that farmer walked around his truck to open the door for his wife
Fell in love with that car.
Been hooked on 34's since.. got the DVD
wow, Michelle phillips is a good actress, too! ❤😊
Do you hate her so much you can't capitalize her name?
@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe I love her haha why, are you offended? 😆
thought she looked familiar
Fun fact: The actor who played Don McCord, the brother of MIchael McCord, was Joseph Estevez who is the brother of Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez, MIchael McCord) in real life.
Like father like son.
The wraith
Sheriffs car was Christine’s sister
Brother. Its blue.
57plymouth hemi forerunner firedome?
One of the first autobots discovered hiding amongst humankind, became a ghost story.✌🏼😜
Didn't the 57 have a poly?
Sister Christin
Yeahp, good old cruising days, the 60s were the best.
Cruising K st. in Sacramento in the 60's!
I saw it for the first time on DVD recently. I'm surprised I never seen it before that I recall. I grew up in the 70's. I saw Duel, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Vanishing point, etc.
Хороший простецкий фильм. Персонажи интересные, даже злодей раскрывается.
I saw this when I was younger and always wanted a 34 or 32 coupe but I ended up with a 67 fastback mustang green like the bullet car but just to see this movie got me into cool looking car ive been to as many car shows as possible and vintage drag races i ❤ cars
Thank you for posting this movie I had not seen it before.
This is a very good movie I liked and subscribed.
Null sweat. Enjoy the good stuff.
Right up there with Vanishing Point (my fave) & Two-Lane Blacktop.
Michelle Phillips of The Mommas and the Pappas as Maggie. Step mother to Macenzie Phillips who was in American Graffiti.
I also remember watching this as a kid and even have this on video to this day. If you like this then also checkout Hot Rod 1979, Deuce Coupe 1992 and of course American Graffiti 1973 to name just a few.
Had completely forgotten about this film since seeing it on tv in high school. I am now 66. Always a Martin Sheen fan,-- liked him best as sociopath Charlie Starkweather in Badlands. Been a while since gas was 22 cents/gal.!
Temple City, California: Just north of the NE corner of Rosemead Blvd and Las Tunas Dr. is a street art monument commemorating locals Pete & Jake who built the California Kid half a block west in their shop. The car is prominently featured on the monument. Going north, pass the monument, turn right at the next driveway. One more right into the underground parking. Come up the stairs to get to the corner and be amazed.
Haven't seen this in while. One of my favorites when I was 12 years old. As I grew older I learned movie plots are psychology portraits of characteristics of personality traits. The original walking Tall 1st movie was a true story about a sheriff. I like the hot rod too. Martin Sheen was a good actor to nick Nolte
I’m 64 and never seen this before I love it
You can tell this is a really Old movie ,
Nick Nolte was clean & sober ...
Watch him in "Three fugitives"
10 year old boys impression for life...the 34 the flames and black leather!
Just some trivia. The Producer, Howie Horwitz, also produced the "Batman" TV series.
we need more classic car movies these days with pure old school hot rodding
Good time to be living in the late 60's 70's. Good memories, even surviving the Nam WIA,11Bravo. memories,yeah. Peace 🕊️🗽🦅🇺🇸🙏👈
Classic rod !
Classic movie !
👍👍👍💕🇸🇪😎
RIP Pete Chapouris, a great guy and a great car, never forget how kind you were to me👍
Love that black Mercury Montclair car to! Love Ford cars and trucks especially from back in the days when cars and trucks had good looks and designs to them unlike what they look like today as they all look like cookie cutter SUV's and four door station wagon trucks with wagon wheels and thin tires on them.
I love this movie back in the day and I still watch it today. 2024 yeah
Haven't seen this movie in near 50 years! 😅
@@bruceblunderfield5431 I remember I saw it later again as a rerun.