The Last American Hero (1973)
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
- Released
- 1973-07-27
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lamont Johnson
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 from 42 votes
Cast
- Jeff Bridges as Elroy Jackson Jr.
- Valerie Perrine as Marge Dennison
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Frau Jackson
- Ned Beatty as Hackel
- Gary Busey as Wayne Jackson
- Lane Smith as Rick Penny
- Ed Lauter as Burton Colt
- William Smith as Kyle Kingman
- Gregory Walcott as Cleve Morley
- Art Lund as Elroy Jackson Sr.
- Jimmy Murphy as Spud
- Tom Ligon as Lamar