Dragstrip Girl (1957 film)

Dragstrip Girl
Directed byEdward L. Cahn
Written byLou Rusoff
Based onstory by Lou Rusoff
Produced byAlex Gordon
executive
Samuel Z. Arkoff
StarringJohn Ashley
Fay Spain
Frank Gorshin
Tommy Ivo
Music byRonald Stein
Production
company
Golden State Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures (US)
Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release date
  • April 24, 1957 (1957-04-24)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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]

  1. ^ Kelley, B. (Mar 17, 1985). "ASHLEY FINALLY MAKES THE TEAM". Sun Sentinel. ProQuest 389734195.
  2. ^ Lamont, John (1990). "The John Ashley Filmography". Trash Compactor (Volume 2 No. 5 ed.). p. 26.
  3. ^ G M W. (Apr 25, 1957). "Two Films Aimed at Teen-agers". Los Angeles Times. p. C9.
  4. ^ Scheuer, P. K. (Sep 21, 1958). "Shocker pioneers tell how to make monsters". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167287343.
  5. ^ Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996, p134