Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film)


Gone in 60 Seconds is a 1974 American action film written, directed, produced by, and starring H.B. Toby Halicki. It centers on a group of car thieves and the 48 cars they must steal in a matter of days. The film is known for having wrecked and destroyed 93 cars in a car chase scene. This film is the basis for the 2000 remake starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.

Pace is approached by a South American drug lord who offers 400,000 in exchange for the theft of 48 specific vehicles, to be delivered to the Long Beach docks within five days. The list includes limousines, semitrailer trucks, vintage cars, and exotics rendering the order difficult to fill within the time limit. Nevertheless, Pace is confident that the order can be filled.Mapping out a basic strategy, the thieves scout out their vehicular targets all of which have been given female code names. The plan goes smoothly with even some of the more eclectic vehicles acquired with relative ease but obstacles mount. Chief of these difficulties is a yellow, 1973 Ford Mustang, code named Eleanor. The first Eleanor they come across is occupied the second car results in a chase as its drunken owner pursues Pace. A third Eleanor is acquired seemingly without issue. ........

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