You may also be thinking, “Is this really a musical?” With four or five songs throughout, I consider this a musical. She also doesn’t have the romantic interest you may think. This film definitely lacks in Annette Funicello, though she does get to sing one song. When you read the plot you may think, “Where is Annette?” I thought that pretty consistently throughout the film. When the government gets involved and some of the moonshine runners die, Frankie and Fabian team up to get to the end of this. His racing rival, Sonny Leander (Fabian), is also mixed up in the moonshine deal. Frankie plays stock car racers, Dave, who travels down south to Charlotte, N.C., and gets coerced into running moonshine. FIREBALL 500 (1966) was the beginning of this shift into more serious films.įrankie Avalon, Fabian Forte and Annette Funicello all take on more serious dramatic roles in FIREBALL 500. But as the beach films started to lose popularity, AIP had to transition. In the 1960s, the studio American International Pictures (AIP) was well-known for beach films. “Step Right Up” performed by Annette Funicello.“Fireball 500” performed by Frankie Avalon.The car driven by Frankie Avalon was a Plymouth Barracuda.Location scenes filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Ascot Raceway in Gardena, California, and at the Saugus Raceway in California.The Fireball 500 car driven by Frankie Avalon was created and designed by George Barris for the film.The premiere was held in Charlotte, NC.Reed was an announcer at race track in Glendale and Riverside, California. Sandy Reed is a race announcer for this film, as well as technical advisor.The law catches up with Dave and says if he doesn’t play ball, his racing career will be jeopardized. Dave gets mixed up in moonshine running - along with Leander - after meeting Martha (Parrish), who convinces Dave to run moonshine for her. His racing rival in the south is Leander Fox (Fabian). Stock car racer Dave Owens (Avalon) travels from California to North Carolina to compete in stock car racing. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.įrankie Avalon, Fabian, Annette Funicello, Chill Wills, Julie Parrish, Harvey Lembeck, Sandy Reed, Michael Nader, Mary Hughes, Salli Sachse, Patti Chandler, Luree Holmes, Linda Brent
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In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
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