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Released
1982 · FILM

The Junkman

A filmmaker racing to a James Dean festival becomes the target of ruthless killers, forcing him into a high-octane chase through a fiery, junkyard-filled gauntlet where every wreck and wheel could mean life or death.

From junk cars to movie stars

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Written by
Runtime
96 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

As film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid their net, stay alive and discover who is behind this lethal plan, will take Hollis through a fiery battle, turning highways and city streets into a blazing junkyard.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Warner E LeightonShot by Daniel PearlScored by Bill Maxwell

Box Office

1982 · Box office

Produced on a $1.0M budget

Production budget

$1.0M

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