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Grand Theft Auto. (film) Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring and directed by Ron Howard, in his feature film directorial debut. Howard also wrote the screenplay with his real-life father Rance Howard, who also co-starred in the film. As of 2023, this is the only film that Howard has both directed and starred in.
- June 18, 1977
- Jon Davison
Jun 16, 1977 · Grand Theft Auto: Directed by Ron Howard. With Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Elizabeth Rogers, Barry Cahill. A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Ron Howard
- 1977-06-16
Advertisement. “Grand Theft Auto” is a typical Chase-n-Crash, made more entertaining than most because of the attractive personalities of Howard (at 23 a veteran of 18 years in show business, including starring roles in “ American Graffiti ” and TV's Happy Days) and Nancy Morgan, the Hinsdale native who plays his wife.
Aug 22, 2007 · Forget Crash - either one Grand Theft Auto (1977) is the real movie about the human need for collision in a world of detours and wrong turns. Its title more readily associated these days with the über-violent and multi-sequeled Rockstar video game, Grand Theft Auto is remembered by older film fans as Ron Howard's directorial debut.
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A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her. Paula Powers, daughter of wealthy gubernatorial candidate Bigby Powers, decides to reject her parents' attempt at matchmaking and run off to Vegas to marry ...
In exchange for being allowed to make his directorial debut in Grand Theft Auto, Ron Howard agreed to take no salary as a director, merely as star and co-screenwriter (with his dad Rance). The plot finds Sam Freeman (Howard) eloping with his heiress girlfriend Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan).