Two-Lane Blacktop
no beginning... no end... no speed limit...
Directed by Monte Hellman
Produced by Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises
A meditative road movie about drifters and machines, where the journey itself matters more than destination or resolution.
A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.
Essence
Ensemble
James Taylor
The Driver
Warren Oates
G.T.O.
Dennis Wilson
The Mechanic
Laurie Bird
The Girl
Rudy Wurlitzer
Hot Rod Driver
Harry Dean Stanton
Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Jaclyn Hellman
Hot Rod Driver's Girl
Alan Vint
Man in Roadhouse
Katherine Squire
Old Woman
Bill Keller
Texas Hitchhiker
David Drake
Needles Station Attendant
Richard Ruth
Needles Station Mechanic
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