The Georgia Peaches
| The Georgia Peaches | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Follow That Car |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Mick Benderoth Monte Stettin William Hjortsberg |
| Directed by | Daniel Haller |
| Starring | Dirk Benedict Tanya Tucker Terri Nunn Lane Smith |
| Music by | R. Donovan Fox |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Roger Corman |
| Producers | James Sbardellati Thomas M. Hammel |
| Production locations | Charleston, South Carolina Johns Island, South Carolina Walterboro, South Carolina |
| Cinematography | David Sanderson |
| Editor | Sandy Nervig |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company | New World Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS (Ryder Sound Services) |
| Release | November 8, 1980 |
The Georgia Peaches (also known as Follow That Car) is a 1980 American made-for-television action-adventure comedy film produced by Roger Corman as a pilot for a proposed television series. It starred Tanya Tucker, Terri Nunn and Dirk Benedict as three friends extorted into becoming undercover FBI agents for the government and was broadcast on CBS on November 8, 1980.[1]
Plot
The exploits of two sisters – Lorette Peach (Tucker), a country-western singer and Sue Lynn Peach (Nunn), owner of the Georgia Peaches Garage, and Dusty Tyree (Benedict), a stock car racer – as three friends recruited as undercover agents by the U.S. Treasury Department. In the pilot, they attempt to break up a ring of cigarette bootleggers operating out of their home state of Georgia.
Cast
- Tanya Tucker as Lorette Peach
- Terri Nunn as Sue Lynn Peach
- Dirk Benedict as "Dusty" Tyree
- Lane Smith as Randolph Dukane
- Sally Kirkland as Vivian Stark
- Dennis Patrick as Wade Holt
- David Hayward as Joe Don Carter
- Burton Gilliam as Delbert Huggins
- Noble Willingham as Jarvis Wheeler
Home media
The Georgia Peaches was released on DVD by Shout! Factory as part of "Roger Corman's Cult Classics" Triple Feature Action-Packed Collection series on April 5, 2011.
References
External links
- 1980 television films
- 1980 films
- 1980s action comedy films
- American action comedy films
- 1980s exploitation films
- 1980s chase films
- New World Pictures films
- Films directed by Daniel Haller
- Films produced by Roger Corman
- CBS network films
- Television films as pilots
- Films shot in South Carolina
- Films set in Georgia (U.S. state)
- American exploitation films
- American chase films
- 1980 comedy films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s American films