Mike
Search results
Aug 5, 1982 · Running on Empty: Directed by John Clark. With Terry Serio, Deborah Conway, Max Cullen, Richard Moir. Mike is a young man who is a budding street racer, and owner of a Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III. His best mate and mechanic, Tony, are both steel workers by day, but when they aren't working, they are racing.
- (511)
- Action, Drama, Sport
- John Clark
- 1982-08-05
Running on Empty (released in America as Fast Lane Fever) is a 1982 Australian action film. The film was a minor success at the box office and has become a cult film because of its depiction of Australian racing culture and cars at the time.
Arthur Pope (Judd Hirsch) and his wife, Annie (Christine Lahti), are fugitives, perpetually on the run from federal authorities due to their antiwar activity during the 1960s. The couple moves ...
- (31)
- Sidney Lumet
- PG-13
- Christine Lahti
The movie follows Mike, an aspiring street racer, and his buddy Tony, his mechanic, who toil away as steelworkers by day and vent their angst in Mike’s Australian muscle car on the streets of Sydney in their spare time.
Directed by John Clark. He’ll win at any cost… Mike loves his fast cars and his hot women. When he fancies the girlfriend of the local street racing king, Fox, he gets way in over his head in racing for his girl, his money and his life.
- John Clark
Running on Empty (1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Purchase Running on Empty on digital and stream instantly or download offline. The '60s are past, and the Vietnam War they struggled against is long over, but the Popes have been on the run from the FBI for fifteen years--choosing to live as family of fugitives rather than be separated.
