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Burt Reynolds used to make movies about people's lifestyles. Now he seems more interested in making movies that fit in with his own lifestyle.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Stroker Ace
He's hot on the track...and off!
1983 · 1h 34m · PG
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Hal Needham
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Stroker Ace
Overview
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.
Director and cast
- Hal Needham Director
- Burt Reynolds as Stroker Ace
- Ned Beatty as Clyde Torkle
- Jim Nabors as Lugs
- Parker Stevenson as Aubrey James
- Loni Anderson as Pembrook Feeney
- John Byner as Doc Seegle
- Cassandra Peterson as Girl with Lugs
- Bubba Smith as Arnold
- Warren Stevens as Jim Catty
- Dale Earnhardt as NASCAR Driver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
18%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a witless retread of the earlier, far funnier road-movie collaborations of Mr. Needham and Mr. Reynolds.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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