Red Line 7000 Reviews

Not one of the great director Howard Hawks' better pictures, RED LINE 7000 begins as one of the drivers on a car-racing team is killed in an accident at Daytona. His fiancee, Holly MacGregor (Gail Hire), arrives the next day and remains to team up with Lindy (Charlene Holt), who has also lost a loved one in a track accident, to manage Lindy's restaurant. Tapped to replace the dead man is new driver Ned Arp (John Robert Crawford), with whom team leader Pat Kazarian's (Norman Alden) younger sister Julie (Laura Devon) falls in love despite Pat's objections. A sensational driver, Ned wins his race and decides to strike out on his own. He is replaced by Dan McCall (James Ward), who comes in from France with Gabrielle (Marianna Hill). It's not long, however, before Dan dumps Gabrielle in favor of Holly. Simultaneously, Mike Marsh (James Caan), another of Pat's drivers, begins showing an interest in Gabrielle. When Mike, seething with jealousy, attempts to run Dan off the track, Dan understands Mike's motives, and the two men patch things up. Mike continues with Gabrielle, Holly accepts Dan's proposal of marriage, and Julie winds up with Ned. With a plot that's strictly from sudsville and interchangeable characters, RED LINE 7000 wouldn't be worth watching if it weren't for the superb racing footage (by second unit director Bruce Kessler) from Daytona; Riverside, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Darlington, Texas; and Ascot in England.