Dragstrip Riot (1958)

Director
David Bradley

Main cast
Yvonne Fedderson; Gary Clarke; Fay Wray; Bob Turnbull; Connie Stevens

Genres
Action, Drama

Description
An adolescent arrives in a new town where he tries to join the drag-racing crowd.


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