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Return to Macon County | |
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Directed by | Richard Compton |
Written by | Richard Compton |
Produced by | Elliot Schick Samuel Z. Arkoff (executive producer) |
Starring |
Nick Nolte Don Johnson Robin Mattson Eugene Daniels Robert Viharo Devon Ericson |
Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
Edited by | Corky Ehlers |
Music by | Robert O. Ragland |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $800,000 (estimated) |
Box office | SEK 1,146,410 (Sweden) $3.5 million [1] |
Return to Macon County is a 1975 American action drama film. Although written and directed by Richard Compton, who was responsible for the 1974 drive-in classic Macon County Line, and bearing a similar title, this film is not the latter film's sequel. It was re-released by Orion Pictures in the late-1990s.
Set in 1958, the film stars then little-known actors Nick Nolte (as Bo) and Don Johnson (as Harley). They portray friends who are heading to California to enter a drag race.
Bo ( Nick Nolte) is the driver and Harley ( Don Johnson) is the mechanic. They stop at a roadside diner to eat and meet Junell ( Robin Mattson). Junell, while attractive, is in a world of her own. After having an altercation with a customer, she is rescued by Bo and Harley.
The hot-rodding friends find that Junell (with suitcase in hand) wants to travel with them. Their adventure on the road with Junell turns dangerous after a misunderstanding at a grocery store, where Junell is trying to raise funds for Bo and Harley's entrance fee to the drag race. Sgt. Wittaker ( Robert Viharo) becomes obsessed with catching them, which leads to tragic results. [2]