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The special effects often seem to consist of dragging the dirt bike around on a string or having the actors flail their arms in astonishment while riding it.
Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
The Dirt Bike Kid
When the going gets tough... the tough go flying!
1985 · 1h 31m · PG
Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Hoite C. Caston
Overview
When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big business, he becomes the town hero.
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