"Race with the Devil (1975)"

3/6/2021 AFI|Catalog - Race with the Devil RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975) PG | 88 mins | Horror | 9 July 1975 Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit [ More ] Jack Starrett Director: Lee Frost, Wes Bishop Writers: Producer: Wes Bishop Robert Jessup Cinematographer: Editor:  John F. Link HISTORY DETAILS CREDITS SYNOPSIS GENRE  Print Details Full page view + The summary and note for this entry were completed with participation from the AFI Academic Network. Summary and note were written by participant Kevin Flanagan, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, with Lucy Fischer as academic advisor. According to a 19 Dec 1974 HR news item, the working title for the film was So Mote It Be. This is a reference to the threatening note attached to the broken window of the R.V. by the cultists after “Roger” and “Frank” witness the satanic ritual. The HR news item also announces the beginning of principal photography in San Antonio, TX, in Jan 1975. A 21 Apr 1975 Box news item notes that the film had finished shooting in central Texas at the time of its publication. It also reports that the production employed over one hundred Texas actors and crew such as director of photography Robert Jessup and uncredited assistant cameramen https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67192-RACE-WITHTHEDEVIL?sid=9edab022-c531-4c62-aa74-ea4fc44d5fbe&sr=11.77556&cp=1&pos=0 1/4 3/6/2021 AFI|Catalog - Race with the Devil Texas actors and crew, such as director of photography Robert Jessup and uncredited assistant cameramen Lynn Lockwood and Jim Etheridge. According to an 8 Aug 1975 report in LAT, sixteen cars, two trucks and eight motorcycles were destroyed in stunts for the film. Various contemporary reviews, including those in HR on 5 Jun 1975 and LAT on 27 Aug 1975, commended the fast pace of the story, the dimensionality of the characters and the convincing nature of the Satanists’ threat. Reviews on 11 Jun 1975 in Var and 10 Jul 1975 in NYT, however, found the film clichéd. Other reviews, such as Time on 18 Aug 1975, noted that the film represented the second pairing of Peter Fonda and Warren Oates, who first starred together in The Hired Hand (1971, see entry). The two actors were matched in a third film, 92 in the Shade (1975, see entry). A 5 Apr 2005 HR article reports that producer Chris Moore was set to make his directorial debut on a remake of Race with the Devil. According to the article, the film was to be produced by both Moore and Regency Enterprises. Writers Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan were updating the script with the intention of starting production in Fall 2005. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS LOCATION San Antonio Texas United States SOURCE CITATIONS SOURCE DATE PAGE Box Office 21 Apr 1975 --- Films and Filming Dec 1975 --- Hollywood Reporter 19 Dec 1974 --- Hollywood Reporter 5 Jun 1975 p. 3 Hollywood Reporter 5 Apr 2005 p. 1, 69 Los Angeles Times 8 Aug 1975 --- Los Angeles Times 27 Aug 1975 p. 12 New York Times 10 Jul 1975 p. 19 Time 18 Aug 1975 --- Variety 11 Jun 1975 p. 19 FROM AFI'S 100 YEARS LISTS... https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67192-RACE-WITHTHEDEVIL?sid=9edab022-c531-4c62-aa74-ea4fc44d5fbe&sr=11.77556&cp=1&pos=0 2/4 3/6/2021 AFI|Catalog - Race with the Devil EASY RIDER (1969) THE WILD BUNCH (1969) IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) BLAZING SADDLES (1974) THE ROSE (1979) FRANKENSTEIN (1931) KING KONG (1933) DRACULA (1931) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) LEGEND Viewed by AFI Partially Viewed Offscreen Credit Name Occurs Before Title AFI Life Achievement Award DONATE TOP SEARCHES CASABLANCA During World War II, Casablanca, Morocco is a waiting point for throngs of desperate refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. 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