Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sidney J. Furie
Robert Redford
Michael J. Pollard
Lauren Hutton
Noah Beery [jr.]
Lucille Benson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Little Fauss, an amateur motorcycle racer, meets Halsy Knox, a professional racer, after a race held near Phoenix, Arizona. Fauss is attracted to Halsy's carefree lifestyle, but Fauss's father regards Halsy as a bad influence on his son and refuses to help Halsy when his truck breaks down. Later, Halsy arrives at the motorcycle repair shop where Fauss works and tricks the admiring Fauss into repairing his motorcycle free. Halsy, who has been barred from racing for drinking on the track, proposes that they form a partnership in which Halsy would race under Fauss's name with Fauss functioning as the mechanic. Despite his parents' disapproval, Fauss joins Halsy on the racing circuit. He is constantly faced with his inferiority to Halsy, both on and off the racetrack. Their partnership is finally broken when Rita Nebraska, a drop-out from a wealthy background, arrives at the racetrack and immediately attaches herself to Halsy, despite the attention Fauss pays her. After breaking his leg in a motorcycle race, Fauss returns home to his parents. Several months later, when his leg has mended, Halsy visits him and attempts to leave behind Rita, who is now pregnant, but Fauss refuses to take her. He tells Halsy that he plans to reenter the racing circuit. A short time later, the two men race against each other at the Sears Point International Raceway; Halsy's motorcycle breaks down, and as he leaves the track, he hears the announcement that Fauss has taken the lead.
Director
Sidney J. Furie
Cast
Robert Redford
Michael J. Pollard
Lauren Hutton
Noah Beery [jr.]
Lucille Benson
Ray Ballard
Linda Gaye Scott
Erin O'reilly
Ben Archibeck
Shara St. John
Crew
Ken Adams
Glenn Anderson
Del Armstrong
Audrey Blasdel
Pierre Cardin
Johnny Cash
Brad Dexter
Bob Dylan
Charles Eastman
Robert Forrest
Gray Frederickson
Lynn Guthrie
George Holmes
Harry Korshak
Robert Mendelsohn
Ray F. Mercer Jr.
Terry Morse Jr.
Terry Morse Jr.
Argyle Nelson Jr.
Ted Parvin
Lawrence G. Paull
Carl Perkins
Richard Portman
Roxy Rockwood
Albert S. Ruddy
Albert S. Ruddy
Charles W. Short
Keith Stafford
Robert M. Webb
Ralph Woolsey
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I was going faster than I ever went in my whole life, then I fell off.- Little Fauss
Trivia
Stars 'Redford, Robert' and Michael J. Pollard couldn't stand each other, making their onscreen rivalry all the more convincing.
Screenwriter Charles Eastman was originally slated to direct the film.
Notes
Copyright length: 100 min. Location scenes filmed in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. Racing sequences filmed at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
