I watched this movie as a 10 year old kid. This was my start into hot rods. My Dad died a year later in 1975. I use to always be at his side when he worked on his car. This movie brings back lots of memories. I love and miss you Dad.
I've never seen this one I like it tho can feel the James Dean vibe 😂 yep just lost my Dad befpre Christmas in 22 he was almost 75yrs old but yea was all about Hot rods sold his last 66 Mustang Convertible like 15yrs ago i want to say He was trying to pay his new truck off an stuff moved up north into a cabin where im at now But i tell ya he wouldnt believe wat these cars are bringin as of lately miss ya Dad!!!
❤ That must have been so tough as young kid. My relative's father died in a freak accident a few months before her birth, and I have always wondered the effect.
Son you're gonna drive me to drinking if you don't stop drivin that Hot Rod Lincoln 😤. I knew the rocker who wrote and sung that song.... Commander Cody. KING of the HONKY TONKS. 😊
Powerful memories. Until you said that it didn't even cross my mind how we bond through these kinds of things. My step dad always worked on cars and my brother learned. We were the only Jewish family with an engine hanging from a tree. My brother then workee on stock cars, then became a service writer at BMW and at his funeral, mechanics talked about how much they learned from him and how they appreciated his making the effort to help them figure out things and solve problems. It could be anything but this film has a little window on how we can have powerful bonds through something as simple as mechanics... And your sharing these memories just brought us back there too. Many blessings.
Great movie. I remember this one from back in the day. This was when the outdoor drive inn's were still around. How times have changed. I think the 70s was a great time to be alive. Thanks. For sharing.
I got my license on my 16th birthday in '74. All my gear-head friends were waiting for it to air. I wanted to paint, "The Tacoma Kid" on the door of my '67 GTO (they threw me in jail for havin' too much fun).
Lots of nostalgia for sure ! And if anyone cares, there is still a drive in movie in Jesup GA. I used to carry my girlfriend there when we were young.....we never did watch the show. She's now my wife of 40 years..... I still take her there once in a while and we still don't watch the show.....too hard to stay awake....... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I remember watching this movie with my dad when I was 10 years old. That '34 Ford with the flames made a big impact on me, and I never forgot it. I have wanted to watch this movie again, and I finally did, 50 years later. I just wish my dad could have been here so we could watch it again. Thank you for posting it. It brought back some great memories from my childhood, and of my dad, may He rest in peace.
It's always... somehow heartwarming to read about such feelings which an old movie stirs up. So thank you very much for taking your time and writing this little story.
You know it's an old movie when a car goes off the road, flies through the air, crashes, rolls over several times, and doesn't burst into a flaming explosion.
Does that apply to just tyre size ie low profile etc ...or wheels? I'm asking only because I drove a friend of mines ute ( new Zealand &: Australia terminology) Pick up truck I think is what Americans call them. Anyway it had way!!! Oversized wheels on it that made the steering pull to the left at speeds anything under 110 klm pH ( dunno what that is in miles) anything faster it handles beautiful. So I was doing what the Speedo said was 120; & I got a ticket for exceeding 130. I was told it was likely because of the wheels being larger🤔 I could look it up I suppose but it was this comment that made me remember it so..
@@nickibanks5185the larger the outside diameter the slower the speedometer will read.. if tire is 10 percent larger than old tire and speedo is 120 you are going 132. Low profile tires could have the opposite effect.
Did you know? During filming, Martin Sheen walked up the front fenders with his boots on. Martin Sheen slammed the doors so hard, it broke the window glass. They couldn't get the '34 to slide on the asphalt so they slide it on the dirt, kicking up pebbles chipping the paint. The engine shown is actually the engine from the American Graffiti '32. The '34 had a small block Ford.
I saw this movie when it came out as a movie of the week. Years later Vic Morrow will lose his life making a movie. A helicopter was flying too low and it killed him and two children that he was carrying. I first remember seeing him in the tv show Combat. RIP!
I remember Vic Morrow from Combat also. He was the main reason I watched this tv movie of the week back then. He was later accidentally killed in the Twilight Zone the Movie.
In 74 my uncle had a 69 Boss 429 that would dominate the streets. He told me the story about once getting pulled over by a cop and instead of getting a ticket they raced and if he won he would not get a ticket. The cops 440 Coronet was fast but he ended up winning and kept driving home. This was a time when cops took pride in their cars and would work on them to make them faster.
They knew my step dads car. In 1947 he was parked and they were inspecting his car and challenged him to a race and same thing, he won, but he said “I spun a bearing in the motor and limped back to the burger joint” (building is still there but an office now) called his buddy later with a tow truck. He was a mechanic for 50’ years. I learned a lot from him.
I watched this movie on TV as a 10 year old in 1974. It was the first car that got my attention as a kid and I asked my dad a bunch of questions about it as we watched the movie. I started drag racing at 16 because of the influence of this car!
This movie was from the TV Movie of the Week series on the ABC Network. The weekly tv movies ran from 1969 to 1975. Another memorable tv movie was Tribes starring Jan Michael Vincent. Another one was Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black.
The great Vic Morrow, who died on set filming The Twilight Zone: The Movie. Started out playing the punk teenager in the 50's. Notable films were The Blackboard Jungle and King Creole. If you can, watch Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Have both The California Kid and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry on blu-ray.
I was 15,when this movie came out.Totally into hot rods,had been a subsciber to "Hot Rod" magazine since I was 12.I"m 64 now,alway"s loved this movie.34 Ford,has alway"s been my favorite!
I had a 35 Ford coupe put 57 vette engine in it after building it then put a International 5 speed transmission in it flipped trunk around made rumble seat loved it wished wouldn’t have sold it.
I built a 34 3 , window with aSBC and a blower from scratch because of this car and billy gibbons ZZTop ride . I put ghost flames on it . Been into cars from a small boy still am at 60 🇬🇧👍🏻😉
I saw this movie when I was teenager ...Revenge with a Classic Kick...every single car on this movie is awesome...even the music sounds current...love it...thank you.
Quality performances by Martin Sheen & Nick Nolte. It may have been a petrol head movie, but at least there was a decent mystery, to back up the race scenes. Nice to see a stunt car cliff drop, without the car explosion, which generally doesn't happen in real life, it's only for dramatic purposes. I'd recommend this film.
Plymouth fury I think . I had NZ-assembled 1958 Plymouths made in Lower Hutt registered in 58 the yanks tell me they were 57's . The beauty was the Plymouth , DeSoto, and Chrysler had interchangeable parts .Geez I miss them a classy drive like a land yacht they floated down the road, torsion bar suspension.
Great Movie! I missed this one! I was in A&P School, learning how to work on and make Airplanes! Love the story, the cars, Martin Sheen, and all the errata of the Era. Thank You!
As a young kid in Australia this car was the best Hot Rod ever, and I've always loved flame jobs since. I even had a chrome skid kid bike which I had Candy Apple Red flames sprayed on. A local custom Harley place did them and they cost me $14. The biker dudes who did them treated me seriously and did a great job, but that's beside the point. Quality actors but someone should have shown Mr Sheen how to respect someone else's property (maybe with a backhander).
Same here, but I've moved on. The size proportions and performance are more akin to that of a truck. I'm also over the '60's - '70's era hot rods and the "redicorus" prices they catch at auction. That said, I'd go bonkers for a vintage Thunderbird, Corvette and/or Mercedes Gullwing.
The California Kid car is the exact car (except color) that Billy Gibbons had the SoCal Speed Shop build the “Eliminator “ car from. Billy Gibbons was always a huge fan of the movie.
I remember seeing this on either Monday/Wednesday night on ABC back in the mid-70s.. This was during the hotrod craze inspired by American Graffiti with Paul LeMat driving a yellow deuce coupe...
I love old movies like this! My first time ever seeing it! And I could watch it all over again!! 34 has always been my one of my favorites!! Always looking for them at the car shows I go to each year!!
Wow thats what the cafes looked like, complete with 5 cent jute boxes. They made our peanut butter sandwiches wrapped in celephane, waxed paper. Our breakfast, lunch a nd dinner. Nothing left but fond memories. There are a few cafes left but in remote towns. 😊
@@kevinquinn3763 yeah. I used to have a copy on an old VHS cassette but it went missing. You Tube had a copy posted but it's gone now. those locations are around Palmdale and Acton CA. just north of LA.
@myopinion6092 How ASSinine of you to make such a comment. Your ASSiduities to derrier words is remarkably juvenile in concept as well as approach. When you ASSerted facts not in evidence, you made an ASS out of yourself in front of the entire world. Congratulations. You can now wear the dunce hat.
Not bad for a free RUclips film. An easy watch. Martin Sheen and Nick Nolte shine even as very young actors. There's a pretty decent supporting cast too and a fairly good story. I would give it 7.5/10
Loved that '33/'34 Coupe. Same year this movie came out I was building my '28 Ford Roadster, with a 289 and all Mustang running gears. I was also drag racing a '58 Chevy that was a super modified Street racer. Loved those days.
I remember watching this movie with my dad. I was 8 years old. I lost my dad 3 years ago. Wish he was still here so I could play this movie again for him.
The California Kid lettered on the sides was done by Legend Steve Kafka for the movie , the other flames were part of the original Pete and Jake's build.A buddy of mine knew Pete and bought a neon Morrison Hotel sign that hung above the famous Doors album cover used motel on the album from him it don't work but still has it 💯
One of the great movies that featured Father and son in it. A young Martin Sheen, and his younger brother Joe Estevez. Emilio estevez look just like his Uncle Joe.
I saw it for the first time on DVD recently. I'm surprised I never seen it before that I recall. I grew up in the 70's. I saw Duel, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Vanishing point, etc.
I saw this when I was younger and always wanted a 34 or 32 coupe but I ended up with a 67 fastback mustang green like the bullet car but just to see this movie got me into cool looking car ive been to as many car shows as possible and vintage drag races i ❤ cars
Loved this movie back in the day. I was 13 then and haven't seen it til now but remember it like yesterday. It was a movie of the week on ABC if i remember correctly. I hated to see Vic Morrow play the bad guy as he was my hero, Sgt Saunders in the absolute best WW2 show ever made, COMBAT. Nick Nolte right before Return to Macon County Line,another good car flick. Michelle Phillips as the cafe waitress after her stint in the Mamas and Pappas. I even seen in the credits that the sailor that got killed had a last name of Estevez so he really was Martin Sheen's brother but in real life as Sheen's real name is Estevez. Great old movie,glad i rewatched it 50yrs later! Thanks so much for posting and bringing back memories.
boy the scene is real who was guy when curve on Fenton road used to here the ara old 1957 Pontiac convertible dead man's curve tree rapped in the hitting about over there goes just wondering Paula
I remember this movie very well. I graduated from the 9th grade in June '74, and started high school in September. I believe this movie was released in the summer, it brought back the time of the 1960s muscle cars. Herman Munster's (Fred Gwynn) dragster, and Grandpa's (Al Lewis) coffin dragster... too cool.
I understand that Martin Sheen loved James Dean as an actor and was strongly influenced by him. This roll playing a James Dean type character must have been a dream come true.
Had the honor and privilege to see the actual California Kid hot rod a few weeks ago at the 50th anniversary of the Back to the 50s car show at the Minnesota State Fair grounds. :)
Weird how all these Hollywood stars that I remember from my youth have all gotten so old and I still look the same now as then. Hair from my head has somehow migrated to my ears and eyebrows but otherwise………😊
Haven't seen this in while. One of my favorites when I was 12 years old. As I grew older I learned movie plots are psychology portraits of characteristics of personality traits. The original walking Tall 1st movie was a true story about a sheriff. I like the hot rod too. Martin Sheen was a good actor to nick Nolte
I'm 63. I saw this movie once in the 70's and never forgot it. So glad I found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watched this movie as a 10 year old kid. This was my start into hot rods. My Dad died a year later in 1975. I use to always be at his side when he worked on his car. This movie brings back lots of memories. I love and miss you Dad.
great memories story mate , greets australia and salute and respects to your dad
I've never seen this one I like it tho can feel the James Dean vibe 😂 yep just lost my Dad befpre Christmas in 22 he was almost 75yrs old but yea was all about Hot rods sold his last 66 Mustang Convertible like 15yrs ago i want to say He was trying to pay his new truck off an stuff moved up north into a cabin where im at now But i tell ya he wouldnt believe wat these cars are bringin as of lately miss ya Dad!!!
❤ That must have been so tough as young kid. My relative's father died in a freak accident a few months before her birth, and I have always wondered the effect.
Son you're gonna drive me to drinking if you don't stop drivin that Hot Rod Lincoln 😤. I knew the rocker who wrote and sung that song.... Commander Cody. KING of the HONKY TONKS. 😊
Powerful memories. Until you said that it didn't even cross my mind how we bond through these kinds of things. My step dad always worked on cars and my brother learned. We were the only Jewish family with an engine hanging from a tree. My brother then workee on stock cars, then became a service writer at BMW and at his funeral, mechanics talked about how much they learned from him and how they appreciated his making the effort to help them figure out things and solve problems. It could be anything but this film has a little window on how we can have powerful bonds through something as simple as mechanics... And your sharing these memories just brought us back there too. Many blessings.
Great movie. I remember this one from back in the day. This was when the outdoor drive inn's were still around. How times have changed. I think the 70s was a great time to be alive. Thanks. For sharing.
They sure were!
They absolutely were the best years to grow up when it came to cars and music 👍
I got my license on my 16th birthday in '74. All my gear-head friends were waiting for it to air.
I wanted to paint, "The Tacoma Kid" on the door of my '67 GTO (they threw me in jail for havin' too much fun).
Lots of nostalgia for sure ! And if anyone cares, there is still a drive in movie in Jesup GA. I used to carry my girlfriend there when we were young.....we never did watch the show. She's now my wife of 40 years..... I still take her there once in a while and we still don't watch the show.....too hard to stay awake....... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reminds me cruising boozing...and General mischief....
I remember watching this movie with my dad when I was 10 years old. That '34 Ford with the flames made a big impact on me, and I never forgot it. I have wanted to watch this movie again, and I finally did, 50 years later. I just wish my dad could have been here so we could watch it again. Thank you for posting it. It brought back some great memories from my childhood, and of my dad, may He rest in peace.
It's always... somehow heartwarming to read about such feelings which an old movie stirs up. So thank you very much for taking your time and writing this little story.
Отличный фильм !
You know it's an old movie when a car goes off the road, flies through the air, crashes, rolls over several times, and doesn't burst into a flaming explosion.
And the tires squeal on dirt
🤣
Great old movie. We all know LARGER TIRES makes the speedo read SLOWER.
Does that apply to just tyre size ie low profile etc ...or wheels?
I'm asking only because I drove a friend of mines ute ( new Zealand &: Australia terminology) Pick up truck I think is what Americans call them. Anyway it had way!!! Oversized wheels on it that made the steering pull to the left at speeds anything under 110 klm pH ( dunno what that is in miles) anything faster it handles beautiful. So I was doing what the Speedo said was 120; & I got a ticket for exceeding 130. I was told it was likely because of the wheels being larger🤔
I could look it up I suppose but it was this comment that made me remember it so..
Tire HEIGHT only.@@nickibanks5185
@@nickibanks5185 over all tire diameter.
Maybe he was trying to fool the sheriff.
@@nickibanks5185the larger the outside diameter the slower the speedometer will read.. if tire is 10 percent larger than old tire and speedo is 120 you are going 132. Low profile tires could have the opposite effect.
Loves the time when women actually really respect men and a father is a well respected head of a family, loves the 70s
$1.10 for five gallons of high test! Those were the good old days!
Music is loud and extremely annoying
@@doorguru168888 no kidding I remember 32 cents per..
I was thinking the same thing.
This was just before president peanuts gas crisis, and long before BiDeNoMiCs!!
And before they killed Ethel...😅😮😂
And you also had to work eight hours to earn $10.
@@bryanmcleod9346 hell, the gas stations were pumping Ethel a lot back then!🤣🤣🤣
Stuart Margolin was such a treasure in so many films and of course,the Rockford Files. He was always funny.
Did you know? During filming, Martin Sheen walked up the front fenders with his boots on. Martin Sheen slammed the doors so hard, it broke the window glass. They couldn't get the '34 to slide on the asphalt so they slide it on the dirt, kicking up pebbles chipping the paint. The engine shown is actually the engine from the American Graffiti '32. The '34 had a small block Ford.
I did not know. Thanks. Last I heard, though, the '34 California Kid is at Pete & Jake's Hot Rod Shop in Peculiar,Mo.
It’s still a drop top to Us! I don’t think it was a good idea for suicide doors. But it’s still a Hot! 🤙👌
Chop top not convertable@@efo1358
Thanks for the info 👍 I enjoyed it ❤
Outstanding 😂❤
Thats an oldie but a goodie....movie is 50yrs. old and I was 15 when I first saw it......thanks for the trip down memory lane 👍
Vic Morrow perfected these sinister characters
Sometimes I think of Vic Morrow and Michael Parks as a combination of cooler than cool obsessive, flawed antiestablishment anti hero type:)
you're so very right.. he certainly did..no one could play pissed off like Vic Morrow could.
Victoria passed away to early! Coulda made alot more suspense movies..
MOORE LIKE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 💯🎯🤌😢
TRUE NATURE
Oversize wheels would register slower on the speedometer.
Yes they do. I've used taller and shorter tires. Taller tires slow the speedometer down.
Not if the speed was counted on the front wheels which were the proper size
@@erikbostrom.9318 .
Speed is usually pulled off the transmission. There are interchangeable toothed gears to change ratios & fine tune.
Hey! don't argue with Mr Sheen.
@@erikbostrom.9318 It isn't an Oldsmobile
I saw this movie when it came out as a movie of the week. Years later Vic Morrow will lose his life making a movie. A helicopter was flying too low and it killed him and two children that he was carrying. I first remember seeing him in the tv show Combat. RIP!
Spot on comment mate!
I remember Vic Morrow from Combat also. He was the main reason I watched this tv movie of the week back then. He was later accidentally killed in the Twilight Zone the Movie.
@@Neal-1958 Vic Morrow was also in Dirty Mary, crazy Larry. Such a shame he got taken from us in an accident that should never have happened.
What's crazy is they kept that scene in the movie.
The movie he was making was The Twilight Zone. That was sad news to hear that day.
This movie is just as good today, as it was the first time I watched when I was 12 , it 50 years ago this year!!!
Fq
I agree except I was 11, lol.
So was I 😆 June 63@@RedBud315
That boat of a blue finned whale could never match that roadster in a million years... I guess you never learned anything about cars.
@@indrekkpringi I fail to see the relevance of your reply, it appears you are replying to a question that was not asked?
In 74 my uncle had a 69 Boss 429 that would dominate the streets. He told me the story about once getting pulled over by a cop and instead of getting a ticket they raced and if he won he would not get a ticket. The cops 440 Coronet was fast but he ended up winning and kept driving home. This was a time when cops took pride in their cars and would work on them to make them faster.
They knew my step dads car. In 1947 he was parked and they were inspecting his car and challenged him to a race and same thing, he won, but he said “I spun a bearing in the motor and limped back to the burger joint” (building is still there but an office now) called his buddy later with a tow truck. He was a mechanic for 50’ years. I learned a lot from him.
Right... 🙄
@@mickeyd9641 Lemme guess, Chrysler motor?
And Justice was served, Long Live The California Kid!
Served with what?
What a grand classic! Loved it…. First time watching at 56 yrs old. How did I miss this with cable tv growing up??? Fantastic movie!
How indeed? Enjoy Brother Im 57 🇺🇲
The car was the inspiration for Billy Gibbons to build The Eliminator from a 33 Ford coupe.
I was going to argue with you but I looked it up and you're absolutely right!
No one Asked
@@myopinion6092 This isn't a question and answer forum dummy! Now go away..
@@doorguru168888. Same builder!
ZZ Top is my all time favorite band. RIP Dusty.
I watched this movie on TV as a 10 year old in 1974. It was the first car that got my attention as a kid and I asked my dad a bunch of questions about it as we watched the movie. I started drag racing at 16 because of the influence of this car!
When I started high school, Dave ( staff in my dorm) recommended this movie to me. This was way back in 1999, just now seeing it near the end of 2024.
This movie was from the TV Movie of the Week series on the ABC Network. The weekly tv movies ran from 1969 to 1975. Another memorable tv movie was Tribes starring Jan Michael Vincent. Another one was Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black.
Ryan's Song and Duel were also great ABC Movie of the Week flicks.
@danielfoley9331 Yes, Brian's Song🏈 and Duel🚗🚛were also memorable.
Ha ha! Take that Sheriff! Loved this movie! Hi from New Zealand!🇳🇿
The great Vic Morrow, who died on set filming The Twilight Zone: The Movie. Started out playing the punk teenager in the 50's.
Notable films were The Blackboard Jungle and King Creole. If you can, watch Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.
Have both The California Kid and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry on blu-ray.
If you haven't seen it already, watch "The World's Fastest Indian" filmed there in NZ
Hi NZ. This movie influenced me as Did Detroit Dragway in the 70's. I always prefer fast cars that handle well.
@@darenoeschler7048 Yes I have seen it. Great movie! Thank you😀
... G'Day from Pom Land 🏴🤟🌄 1:52
Always been a fan of Nick nolte and Martin sheen super good actors you never see any more I miss these guys
Great cast! Vic Morrow also was a cop the same year in the ultra badassed Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
Nick nolte is still around, he's in quite a few films just lately but he's older like the rest of us 😅
If you really are a fan, why do you disrespect them so much by failing to capitalize their names?
@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe get a life you doughnut
And 100 years later, his boy drives the wraith!
Strange , yep I noticed , this as well , both are badass l cars , it like waith is a re.make , 😊 ,
I was 15,when this movie came out.Totally into hot rods,had been a subsciber to "Hot Rod" magazine since I was 12.I"m 64 now,alway"s loved this movie.34 Ford,has alway"s been my favorite!
50 years later,any car guy would love to own this thing.Worth probably in the $200,000 area.maybe even more.
I shot my tv set as a kid because of this movie. Daisy Red Rider. I thought it was empty but it had one bb left. Got the sheriff in the forehead.
Looks like you gonna be on ur way to see god soon
I had a 35 Ford coupe put 57 vette engine in it after building it then put a International 5 speed transmission in it flipped trunk around made rumble seat loved it wished wouldn’t have sold it.
I built a 34 3 , window with aSBC and a blower from scratch because of this car and billy gibbons ZZTop ride . I put ghost flames on it . Been into cars from a small boy still am at 60 🇬🇧👍🏻😉
Sheriffs car was Christine’s sister
Brother. Its blue.
57plymouth hemi forerunner firedome?
One of the first autobots discovered hiding amongst humankind, became a ghost story.✌🏼😜
Didn't the 57 have a poly?
Sister Christin
Love the build up to a 'teach you right " climax,, Martin Sheen and Nick Nolte both young, super
I saw this movie when I was teenager ...Revenge with a Classic Kick...every single car on this movie is awesome...even the music sounds current...love it...thank you.
I was 14 when this came out, and I've been hooked on old cars ever since.....
Quality performances by Martin Sheen & Nick Nolte. It may have been a petrol head movie, but at least there was a decent mystery, to back up the race scenes. Nice to see a stunt car cliff drop, without the car explosion, which generally doesn't happen in real life, it's only for dramatic purposes. I'd recommend this film.
When bicycles explode in Hollywood moves. Or one gas tank but three explosions. Authenticity is better than ridiculous pyrotechnics.
Just cant beat those old movies!!
but you can beat your ding dong
Holy Crap! I haven't seen this movie since the Seventies. Sitting on the couch with my girlfriend Sharon. I'm having a Nostalgia Attack.
Dash board mounted rear view mirror on sheriff's cruiser! Wow!! Miss the late 60's mid 70's! Times were good,different.
Plymouth fury I think . I had NZ-assembled 1958 Plymouths made in Lower Hutt registered in 58 the yanks tell me they were 57's . The beauty was the Plymouth , DeSoto, and Chrysler had interchangeable parts .Geez I miss them a classy drive like a land yacht they floated down the road, torsion bar suspension.
Great Movie! I missed this one! I was in A&P School, learning how to work on and make Airplanes! Love the story, the cars, Martin Sheen, and all the errata of the Era. Thank You!
As a young kid in Australia this car was the best Hot Rod ever, and I've always loved flame jobs since. I even had a chrome skid kid bike which I had Candy Apple Red flames sprayed on. A local custom Harley place did them and they cost me $14. The biker dudes who did them treated me seriously and did a great job, but that's beside the point. Quality actors but someone should have shown Mr Sheen how to respect someone else's property (maybe with a backhander).
I watched this as a rerun sometime in "75" late at night when sitting in my room while stationed at Ft Benning GA
I was born in 62 ..always loved the look of that car
Same here 62 to bro 👌
Same here, but I've moved on. The size proportions and performance are more akin to that of a truck. I'm also over the '60's - '70's era hot rods and the "redicorus" prices they catch at auction. That said, I'd go bonkers for a vintage Thunderbird, Corvette and/or Mercedes Gullwing.
What was the movie with the 1942 Henry J hotrod?
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Opens the hood, small block Ford. Move to the close-up shot, small block Chevy. The magic of cinema.
The California Kid car is the exact car (except color) that Billy Gibbons had the SoCal Speed Shop build the “Eliminator “ car from.
Billy Gibbons was always a huge fan of the movie.
California Kid is a 1934 Ford and The Eliminator is a 1933 Ford.
I remember seeing this on either Monday/Wednesday night on ABC back in the mid-70s.. This was during the hotrod craze inspired by American Graffiti with Paul LeMat driving a yellow deuce coupe...
For anyone interested, the Sailor driving in the beginning of the film was Martin Sheens real life brother, Joe Estevez
I love old movies like this! My first time ever seeing it! And I could watch it all over again!! 34 has always been my one of my favorites!! Always looking for them at the car shows I go to each year!!
The year I graduated high school , haven't seen this movie in 40 yrs ,thanks for posting this ,vic morrow, excellent actor ,
He could definitely play the bad guy just as well as the good guy.
Thanks RUclips, i was in my senior year of high school when this came out. Just now watching it. Worth the wait ❤
The CALIFORNIA KID means JUSTICE!! AT LAST!!
Wow thats what the cafes looked like, complete with 5 cent jute boxes. They made our peanut butter sandwiches wrapped in celephane, waxed paper. Our breakfast, lunch a nd dinner. Nothing left but fond memories. There are a few cafes left but in remote towns. 😊
Surprisingly good movie for its time. Great cast, who went on to greater things.
the horn on that truck in the beginning of the movie is the same horn from Duel.
same scenery as well
@@5kidmonty that area is a little ways from LA . Palmdale and Acton CA.
I liked Dual.
@@kevinquinn3763 yeah. I used to have a copy on an old VHS cassette but it went missing. You Tube had a copy posted but it's gone now. those locations are around Palmdale and Acton CA. just north of LA.
Duel!!!
Just some trivia. The Producer, Howie Horwitz, also produced the "Batman" TV series.
Wow, wah wah guitar and Nick Nolte picking his nose in his opening shot. This one is a cool relic of history.
I remember watching this live in 74. Haven’t seen it since. Thanks!
It wasn't LIVE in 74. It was on film then too.
That’s about 60 years huh! 1974 $50 was a whole lot of money!
@@tomlavelle8340 I also saw it again later as a rerun. Maybe it was on a cable tv channel. Memorable movie.
@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe Who said it was.. You are ASSuming things
@myopinion6092 How ASSinine of you to make such a comment. Your ASSiduities to derrier words is remarkably juvenile in concept as well as approach. When you ASSerted facts not in evidence, you made an ASS out of yourself in front of the entire world. Congratulations. You can now wear the dunce hat.
Not bad for a free RUclips film. An easy watch. Martin Sheen and Nick Nolte shine even as very young actors. There's a pretty decent supporting cast too and a fairly good story. I would give it 7.5/10
I remember this one well. I've only seen it once. thanks for posting it.
Loved that '33/'34 Coupe. Same year this movie came out I was building my '28 Ford Roadster, with a 289 and all Mustang running gears. I was also drag racing a '58 Chevy that was a super modified Street racer. Loved those days.
Hey Man, I had a 58 2dr hdtp with a 348 that was untouchable!! What memories!!!!
Martin Sheen has some serious James Dean and Kirk Douglas vibes going on here. Very cool!
I remember watching this movie with my dad. I was 8 years old. I lost my dad 3 years ago. Wish he was still here so I could play this movie again for him.
My most sincere condolences, mate.
Thank-you for sharing this movie! It was great!
The California Kid lettered on the sides was done by Legend Steve Kafka for the movie , the other flames were part of the original Pete and Jake's build.A buddy of mine knew Pete and bought a neon Morrison Hotel sign that hung above the famous Doors album cover used motel on the album from him it don't work but still has it 💯
I do enjoy watching that 1934 Ford 3 window coupe made into a chopped top Hot Rod.
Like father like son.
The wraith
Another good old movie from the 70s. Good work
One of the great movies that featured Father and son in it. A young Martin Sheen, and his younger brother Joe Estevez. Emilio estevez look just like his Uncle Joe.
I remember watching this when I was a child. It was my mom's favorite movie for years
Yeahp, good old cruising days, the 60s were the best.
Cruising K st. in Sacramento in the 60's!
I've watched this movie many times as a kid which got me into street rods and racing
wow, Michelle phillips is a good actress, too! ❤😊
Do you hate her so much you can't capitalize her name?
@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe I love her haha why, are you offended? 😆
thought she looked familiar
Very nice film
Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow great actors
I was 21 when this movie came out. Loved it!❤
I saw it for the first time on DVD recently. I'm surprised I never seen it before that I recall. I grew up in the 70's. I saw Duel, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Vanishing point, etc.
Fell in love with that car.
Been hooked on 34's since.. got the DVD
I saw this when I was younger and always wanted a 34 or 32 coupe but I ended up with a 67 fastback mustang green like the bullet car but just to see this movie got me into cool looking car ive been to as many car shows as possible and vintage drag races i ❤ cars
Loved this movie back in the day. I was 13 then and haven't seen it til now but remember it like yesterday. It was a movie of the week on ABC if i remember correctly. I hated to see Vic Morrow play the bad guy as he was my hero, Sgt Saunders in the absolute best WW2 show ever made, COMBAT. Nick Nolte right before Return to Macon County Line,another good car flick. Michelle Phillips as the cafe waitress after her stint in the Mamas and Pappas. I even seen in the credits that the sailor that got killed had a last name of Estevez so he really was Martin Sheen's brother but in real life as Sheen's real name is Estevez. Great old movie,glad i rewatched it 50yrs later! Thanks so much for posting and bringing back memories.
boy the scene is real who was guy when curve on Fenton road used to here the ara old 1957 Pontiac convertible dead man's curve tree rapped in the hitting about over there goes just wondering Paula
Watched with my dad. Sure do miss him .
Awesome sound of that V8!!
Fell in love with Martin Sheen in this movie. So handsome.
My wife’s cousin painted the flames on the Kid.
Really good work!
Good one, hilarious
Your cookie is in the mail.
There's always haters , to bad you don't have a picture to shut them haters up, all that really matters is you know ,at least you have a memory
My wife's 2nd cousin three times removed knew a guy who knew the cousin of your wife's cousin's aunt. Small world huh?🤷♂
Michelle Phillips of The Mommas and the Pappas as Maggie. Step mother to Macenzie Phillips who was in American Graffiti.
I remember this movie very well. I graduated from the 9th grade in June '74, and started high school in September. I believe this movie was released in the summer, it brought back the time of the 1960s muscle cars. Herman Munster's (Fred Gwynn) dragster, and Grandpa's (Al Lewis) coffin dragster... too cool.
Angel from The Rockford files
That's what I thought.
First shown as a movie of the week in 1974. To my knowledge, was not shown again until the mid '90's on cable tv.
How I saw it the first time !
Good time to be living in the late 60's 70's. Good memories, even surviving the Nam WIA,11Bravo. memories,yeah. Peace 🕊️🗽🦅🇺🇸🙏👈
Classic rod !
Classic movie !
👍👍👍💕🇸🇪😎
Хороший простецкий фильм. Персонажи интересные, даже злодей раскрывается.
Good movie, I saw it when it came on TV long ago and never forgot it..
I understand that Martin Sheen loved James Dean as an actor and was strongly influenced by him. This roll playing a James Dean type character must have been a dream come true.
and he did a great job of that here
Haven't seen this movie in near 50 years! 😅
@@bruceblunderfield5431 I remember I saw it later again as a rerun.
Had the honor and privilege to see the actual California Kid hot rod a few weeks ago at the 50th anniversary of the Back to the 50s car show at the Minnesota State Fair grounds. :)
That black paint sure is shiny or it was in 1986!!!
10 year old boys impression for life...the 34 the flames and black leather!
That small block ford sounds crisp AF
I remember seeing this movie years ago. This was the first movie I saw where Vic Morrow played a bad guy. I saw him later in Combat...
Martin Sheen guest starred on The Mod Squad with Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton and Tige Andrews as CAPTAIN GREER.
MOD was a real life accredited British secret service division in the 60s
Donald Mantooth and Joseph Estevez played brothers!! Real brothers to the stars!!
Is that Nick Nolte and Michelle Phillips?
Yep.
You can tell this is a really Old movie ,
Nick Nolte was clean & sober ...
Watch him in "Three fugitives"
thanks for saving me money, great one's like this gem, priceless!
Never seen a Sheriff's car with no hubcaps. Crazy stuff. This looks like it was made for TV, but top flight cast.
It was indeed made for TV.
Weird how all these Hollywood stars that I remember from my youth have all gotten so old and I still look the same now as then. Hair from my head has somehow migrated to my ears and eyebrows but otherwise………😊
Haven't seen this in while. One of my favorites when I was 12 years old. As I grew older I learned movie plots are psychology portraits of characteristics of personality traits. The original walking Tall 1st movie was a true story about a sheriff. I like the hot rod too. Martin Sheen was a good actor to nick Nolte