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The 1957 film “Hot Rod Rumble” starring Leigh Snowden and Richard Hartunian was a low-budget drag racing crime drama produced by Norman T. Herman. It told the story of a hot rod club that jumps to the wrong conclusion when a member of their club was killed in a car crash.
Sunday Feature Film: Hot Rod Rumble
By Tom Stahler
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Tom Stahler
Tom Stahler is the Managing Editor of the ClassicCars.com Journal. Tom has a lifelong love of cars and motor racing – beginning with the 1968 USRRC race at Road America, in a stroller, at eight months of age. His words, photos and broadcasts can can be found on a myriad of media. He has won the Motor Press Guild’s Dean Batchelor Award and a Gold Medal in the International Automotive Media Awards.
I love the feature films you send every Sunday. The social climate around hot rodding as demonstrated by such films are part of us car nuts today in less radical forms. Please keep them coming!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the kind words, Frank. Kinda funny how those who survived that era, grew up to be responsible adults. : )