| Dragstrip Girl | |
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| Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Written by | Lou Rusoff |
| Based on | story by Lou Rusoff |
| Produced by | Alex Gordon executive Samuel Z. Arkoff |
| Starring | John Ashley Fay Spain Frank Gorshin Tommy Ivo |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
Production company | Golden State Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (US) Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65,000[1] or $100,000[2] |
Dragstrip Girl is a 1957 film starring John Ashley in his first lead role.[3] American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with Rock All Night and it proved an early success for the studio.[4]
Fay Spain co-starred in the film, which was remade later that year as Motorcycle Gang. Special effects technician Paul Blaisdell had a cameo role in Dragstrip Girl.[5]
- ^ Kelley, B. (Mar 17, 1985). "ASHLEY FINALLY MAKES THE TEAM". Sun Sentinel. ProQuest 389734195.
- ^ Lamont, John (1990). "The John Ashley Filmography". Trash Compactor (Volume 2 No. 5 ed.). p. 26.
- ^ G M W. (Apr 25, 1957). "Two Films Aimed at Teen-agers". Los Angeles Times. p. C9.
- ^ Scheuer, P. K. (Sep 21, 1958). "Shocker pioneers tell how to make monsters". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167287343.
- ^ Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996, p134