Fresh
As long as one doesn't demand too much of it, Corvette Summer delivers a very pleasant two hours of escape.
Frank Rich, TIME Magazine
Corvette Summer
You're going to have the most turbo-charged, chrome-plated, plush-lined, high-gloss, super-speed customized time of your life.
1978 · 1h 45m · PG
Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Matthew Robbins
Overview
Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.
Director and cast
- Matthew Robbins Director
- Mark Hamill as Kenneth W. Dantley Jr.
- Annie Potts as Vanessa
- Eugene Roche as Ed McGrath
- William Bryant as Plain Clothes Police Lecturer
- Richard McKenzie as Principal Bacon
- Kim Milford as Wayne Lowry
- Philip Bruns as Gil
- Danny Bonaduce as Kootz
- Albert Insinnia as Ricci
- Jane A. Johnston as Mrs. Dantley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Miss Potts may well be a gifted comedienne, but Mr. Robbins never lets her relax enough for the talent to show. Too often, he strains his actors' enthusiasm to the breaking point.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
One of Hollywood's better 'growing up' movies.
Time Out
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