Movie
Used Cars
Overview
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-07-11
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, A-Team Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kurt Russell as Rudy Russo
- Jack Warden as Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs
- Gerrit Graham as Jeff
- Frank McRae as Jim the Mechanic
- Deborah Harmon as Barbara Fuchs
- Joe Flaherty as Sam Slaton
- David L. Lander as Freddie Paris
- Michael McKean as Eddie Winslow
- Michael Talbott as Mickey
- Harry Northup as Carmine
- Alfonso Arau as Manuel
- Al Lewis as Judge Harrison
Crew
- Robert Zemeckis - Director
- Robert Zemeckis - Writer
- Bob Gale - Writer
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