VIVA KNIEVEL

Details

• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime
• Plot: He's powered his Harley over autos, Mack trucks, snarling lions, seething infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under. ; ; Death-defying legend Evel Knievel becomes a man-in-a-jam when crooks use his road show as a front to smuggle drugs. A stellar cast gives full-throttle support: Gene Kelly as a rummy bike mechanic, Red Buttons as a sleazy promoter, Leslie Nielsen as a murderous mobster and Lauren Hutton as a photographer who trades barbs-and hears-with Evel. Throughout this high-speed adventure, Evel does things with a motorcycle that few-if any-can match, leaving pursuers in the dust...and breathless Viva Knievel! viewers in hog heaven.
• Cast: Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Lauren Hutton, Red Buttons, Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Mitchell, Frank Gifford, Eric Olson, Sheila Allen, Albert Salmi, Dabney Coleman, Ernie F. Orsatti, Sidney Clute, Robert Tafur, Marjoe Gortner, Brent Dunsford, Johnny Timko, Gordon Douglas
• Director: Gordon Douglas
• Runtime: 1:46
• Company: Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie