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The Wraith
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
1986 · Directed by Mike Marvin · 93 min · Action · Science Fiction · 10 frames
Tagline
He's not from around here...
Crew
- Written by: Mike Marvin
- Cinematography: Reed Smoot
- Edited by: Gary Rocklen, Scott Conrad
- Music: J. Peter Robinson, Michael Hoenig
- Produced by: John Kemeny
Cast
- Charlie Sheen as Jake Kesey / The Wraith
- Nick Cassavetes as Packard Walsh
- Sherilyn Fenn as Keri Johnson
- Randy Quaid as Sheriff Loomis
- Matthew Barry as Billy Hankins
- Clint Howard as Rughead
- David Sherrill as Skank
- Jamie Bozian as Gutterboy
- Griffin O'Neal as Oggie
- Chris Nash as Minty
Production
- Country: United States of America, Canada
- Language: English
- Studios: New Century Entertainment Corporation, Alliance Entertainment, Turbo Productions
- Budget: $2,700,000
- Box office: $3,500,000
- Themes: sheriff, car race, cemetery, killing, arizona, reincarnation, car crash, romance, street race, revenge
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