The California Kid
The California Kid

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A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The California Kid:

Martin Sheen
Vic Morrow
Michelle Phillips
Stuart Margolin
Nick Nolte
Janit Baldwin

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A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.

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User Review - 10/10 by John HI love that 34 coupe, the first rod I went gaa gaa over. California Kid is eternal
User Review - 8/10 by david gIt is now, but I remember a few years ago when this movie was being shown on TV and I was watching it every chance I got, IMDB didn't even have it listed, so that tells you how rare/overlooked it is. Doesn't matter how underrated or forgotten it is, this is a great movie! The car's awesome, and so is the movie overall. I love the plot of a cop in a speedtrap small town who literally kills speeders but kills the brother of Martin Sheen and now he's out for revenge. I wouldn't mind owning this movie at all one day. If you get the chance, watch it!!
User Review - 8/10 by Gary JThe California Kid is one of the few times I've seen Martin Sheen in his younger days. Sheen in this 1974 made for TV film is basically a thinner version of Emilio and maybe a little more mysterious in his looks..(great hair) Sheen is great in this role where he's a rambling young man cruising the California coast in his souped up hot rod complete with flames and the moniker "California Kid" painted on the the side of the car! Sheen happens upon the small dusty town of Clarksburg. While there he runs head on into the town bully-killer-sheriff!!! The Sheriff played perfectly by a disgruntled and angry Vic Morrow (he's perfect for this role).. Sheen realizes there's more to this bully bad lawman than just his fast cop car with wings like all the old cars used to sport. The sheriff is sporting quite a past and deals with it by killing young folk in some scary ways involving a certain dangerous curve and fast cars... It's not long before Sheen and Morrow's characters lock horns and Sheen finally takes matters into his own hands for justice in what turns out to be a fairly predictable but fun to watch ending. I found myself rooting for the poor town folk terrorized by Morrow's character. This is a super fun film to watch and there's a cool mechanic played by a fresh Nick Nolte who befriends Sheen. I highly recommend this summer hot rod movie that spins you right into a good versus bad scenario from the first scene.
User Review - 8/10 by Jason OIt's there now, but I remember a few years ago when this movie was being shown on TV and I was watching it every chance I got, IMDB didn't even have it listed, so that tells you how rare/overlooked it is. ...read moreDoesn't matter how underrated or forgotten it is, this is a great movie! The car's awesome, and so is the movie overall. I love the plot of a cop in a speedtrap small town who literally kills speeders but kills the brother of Martin Sheen and now he's out for revenge. I wouldn't mind owning this movie at all one day. If you get the chance, watch it!!
User Review - 8/10 by Mike NYou gotta love 70's made for TV movies. This one has a terrific story, ok performances, and a kick ass car. It is a shame Vic Morrow isn't with us anymore. He is truly one of the biggest losses in movie history.
User Review - 6/10 by Stuart MWow, I had this pegged as a much older picture. It was filmed in 1974 (for TV no less!) but it feels exactly like a '50s hot rod drama. Martin Sheen is basically channeling James Dean as a hot rodder seeking justice for his brother, driven off the road by a homicidal policeman as part of a speed trap. Captured here is a lost piece of Americana: the small towns kept alive by the traffic directed along their mountain roads. We get to spend some time here and see the ins and outs of small town life: the way everyone knows each other, the centralness of country diners, the clannishness and nepotism. There's not really much plot here to go around. The brother dies within five minutes. Sheen shows up just after that and immediately has a run-in with that cop. He then chooses to hang around, working on his car and making friends with the locals until the inevitable chase at the very end. Even at only an hour and ten minutes it felt long. Yet somehow it does keep occupied. It's that glacial pacing that left me so sure this was a true '50s film; that and the whole hot rod culture and the vehicles. This feels like the sort of film James Dean would appear in. Aside from such '50s films, what this film reminded me of the most was Duel, which must have come out at around the same time. Also a TV movie, also set on the roads of northern California, also built around a chase... Only that film feels very '70s and more grandiose than its scale should allow. That's largely because it was directed by Stephen Spielberg, whose tight editing and action scenes put the chases here to shame. Still, they're both good films, and if this one's not super ambitious it's still more than capable and captures a lost time in American history very well.
User Review - 6/10 by I'm like you ISlick 34 coupe, but pretty bare bones movie.

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