Fireball Jungle

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Fireball Jungle
Directed byJoseph G. Mawra
Written byHarry Whittington
Produced byG.B. Roberts, Eli Jackson
CinematographyClifford Poland
Edited byJohn Dalton
Music byEthel Huber
Production
company
Americana Productions
Release date
  • October 1968 (1968-10) [1]
Running time
1hr. 36min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$111,474

Fireball Jungle is a 1968 melodrama directed by Joseph P. Mawra and starring John Russell and Lon Chaney Jr. [2] The film featured the hit single, "Love (Can Make You Happy)" by Mercy [3] and was filmed in and around Tampa, Florida. [4]

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Plot

Gangster Nero Solitarius hires stock car driver Cateye Meares, leader of a band of sadistic thugs, to help him gain control of several automobile racetracks. Steve Cullen, whose brother was killed in an accident caused by Cateye, races under an alias while attempting to implicate the murderer. Infuriated by Steve's skill, Cateye assaults him. After Old Sam, a junkyard owner forced to fence stolen cars for Nero's syndicate, is burned alive, Steve fights Cateye in his hideout. Although badly beaten, Steve attempts to expose Cateye. During the big race, Cateye is killed in a spectacular crash while being chased by the police. [4]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ https://catalog.afi.com/Film/19690-FIREBALL-JUNGLE?cxt=filmography
  2. ↑ "Fireball Jungle (1968)". British Film Institute. n.d. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  3. ↑ "The Story Behind the Song – "Love (Can Make You Happy)" by Mercy". Alabama Record Collector. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  4. 1 2 "FIREBALL JUNGLE". AFI. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-20.


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