Skateboard (film)
Appearance
Skateboard | |
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Directed by | George Gage |
Written by | Dick Wolf (as Richard A. Wolf)[1] George Gage |
Produced by | Harry N. Blum[1] |
Starring | Leif Garrett Allen Garfield Kathleen Lloyd Richard Van der Wyk Gordon Jump |
Cinematography | Ross Kelsay |
Edited by | Robert Angus |
Music by | Mark Snow |
Release date | 1978 |
Running time | 97 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Skateboard is a 1978 American film directed by George Gage and starring Leif Garrett. Tony Alva features in a cameo as "Tony Blue-tile".[1]
Overview
A Hollywood agent with gambling debts has to come up with the cash fast. He organizes a team of skateboarders to enter them in a major skateboarding competition in spite of opposition from a dangerous gangster.
Trivia
The song played over the opening footage was recorded by Airborne, whose members Mickey Thomas and Craig Chaquico later served as lead vocalist and guitarist of Starship.
References
External links
- Skateboard at IMDb