The Gumball Rally

Name: The Gumball Rally
Genre: Comedy
Released: July 28, 1976
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Gary Busey, Harvey Jason, Joanne Nail, John Durren, Michael Sarrazin

1976

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Columbia-Warner Distributors | Release Date: July 28, 1976 | PG

Starring: Gary Busey, Harvey Jason, Joanne Nail, John Durren, Michael Sarrazin, Norman Burton, Steven Keats, Susan Flannery, Tim McIntire

Summary: A disparate group of drivers take part in a secret and illegal cross country road race.

Director: Charles Bail

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 105 min

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Roger Ebert

The Gumball Rally is an easily forgettable entertainment, but at least it has a certain amount of class. "Cannonball" was straight exploitation. Read full review

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The Gumball Rally is a silly forced, one-note and strident comedy about a cross-country auto race by a bunch of formula-kooky characters. Former stunt coordinator Chuck Bail produced and directed but he didn't have much of a plot. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Pitched at cartoon level, with a bizarre collection of speed enthusiasts crudely taking care of the comedy, it relies almost exclusively on the exceptional stunt work, the plot only occasionally dropping into first gear for some boring and irrelevant dramatic stuff. Read full review

Richard Eder

After they all start off, and once you get used to the rather handsome speeding-car effects, which is soon, the movie seems to be nothing but one long exhaust pipe. There is only so much that can be done with scenes of cars passing each other. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

It's a one-joke film that's stretched well beyond its welcome. Read full review

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