Synopsis
Highway Racer (1977) follows a reckless but skilled police driver whose obsession with speed and streetcraft thrusts him into an undercover mission to infiltrate a gang of high-speed bank robbers. As he navigates a series of perilous chases and tests of nerve across Rome’s streets, alliances and rivalries tighten under the roar of engines. This action crime film blends adrenaline-charged pursuits and gritty police work in a muscular study of ambition and danger.
Selected disc options for Highway Racer
| Extras | Arrow BD-A,B/US 2021 | Camera Obscura BD-ALL/DE/OOP 2020 |
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| Faster Than a Bullet - Interview with Roberto Curti | has extra | has extra |
| Stills Gallery [Arrow] - Posters | has extra | |
| Stills Gallery [Camera Obscura] | has extra |
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Notes
- Arrow’s Blu-ray is included in the “Years of Lead: Five Classic Italian Crime Thrillers, 1973-1977” box set with No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973), Savage Three (1975), Colt 38 Special Squad (1976) and Like Rabid Dogs (1976). It contains a 60-page booklet with writing by Troy Howarth (“Don’t Trust the Man: “No, the Case is Happily Resolved’ and Italian Genre Cinema of the ’70s”), Michael Mackenzie (“Animal Instinct: ‘Savage Three’ and the Ideology of Violence”), Rachael Nisbet (“Fighting Fire with a Colt 38: Law and Order in ‘Colt 38 Special Squad’”), Kat Ellinger (“‘Like Rabid Dogs’: Class, Privilege and Sadeian Women”) and James Oliver (“The Car’s the Star: ‘Highway Racer’, Tribute Elegy and a Whole Lot of Burning Rubber”).
- Camera Obscura’s Blu-ray includes a 12-page booklet with writing by Christian Keßler (“A Song of Junk and Sheet Metal”) in English and German.
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Faster Than a Bullet (19:43)
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Arrow BD 2021
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| Extras | Faster Than a Bullet - Interview with Roberto Curti Arrow BD |