Richard C. Sarafian · 1971 · road

Richard C. Sarafian's 1971 cult road movie. Kowalski, an ex-cop and race driver, takes a bet to deliver a supercharged Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in record time. High on speed and pursued by police across Colorado, Utah and Nevada, he becomes a folk hero on the radio - until the roadblock waiting for him at the California line.

1. 1
   Denver

   Kowalski picks up a white 1970 Dodge Challenger to deliver to San Francisco, buys pills to stay awake, and bets he can make the coast in under fifteen hours - then floors it out of the city.

2. 2
   The Nevada desert

   Across the empty Great Basin highways, a blind DJ called Super Soul turns Kowalski's police-scanner pursuit into a live legend, cheering on the last free man in America as the roadblocks close in.

3. 3
   Cisco

   At the California line the police wait with two bulldozers across the road. Kowalski sees the trap, and at the last moment simply smiles and accelerates into it.