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Speedway is a 1968 American musical action film starring Elvis Presley as a racecar driver and Nancy Sinatra (in her last film role) as his romantic interest. Plot. Steve Grayson (Presley) is a generous NASCAR race car driver with a heart of gold who feels compelled to bail friends and acquaintances out of financial hardship.
Speedway: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon. Poor bookkeeping saddles stock-car driver Steve Grayson with a huge bill for back taxes which hampers his ability to continue racing competitively.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Norman Taurog
- 1968-06-07
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account. Cast & Crew. Read More. Norman Taurog. Director. Elvis Presley. Steve Grayson. Nancy Sinatra. Susan Jacks. Bill Bixby. Kenny Donford. Gale Gordon. R. W. Hepworth. William Schallert. Abel Esterlake. Photos & Videos. View All. 10 Photos. 3 Photos. Film Details.
- Norman Taurog, Dale Hutchinson
- Elvis Presley
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Stock-car racing is far and away the most popular Southern sport (see Tom Wolfe's "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby"). So in "Speedway," Elvis races a Barracuda around the Charlotte Speedway, lives in an expensive mobile home, drinks pop and keeps his hair combed.
After his manager, Kenny Donford (Bill Bixby), loses money gambling on horse races, slick stock car driver Steve Grayson (Elvis Presley) must earn enough on the track to keep Kenny out of jail.
- Musical