The Last American Hero

(1973)

95 minutes

Action / Drama / Sports

aka "Hard Driver"

Directed by Lamont Johnson

Cast:

Jeff Bridges as Elroy Jackson Jr. aka Junior Jackson 
Valerie Perrine as Marge Dennison  
Geraldine Fitzgerald as Mrs. Jackson 
Ned Beatty as Hackel
Gary Busey as Wayne Jackson 
Art Lund as Elroy Jackson Sr. 
Ed Lauter as Burton Colt 
William Smith as Kyle Kingman
Gregory Walcott as Cleve Morley 
Tom Ligon as Lamar, Good Ole' Boy 
Ernie F. Orsatti as Davie Baer 
Erica Hagen as Trina Kingman 
James Murphy as Spud 
Lane Smith as Rick Penny
Bob Cole as Marshall Collins 
   

'It took him 20 years to find out who he was and 2 laps to let the world know'.  This film is based on the true story of American NASCAR driver Junior Jackson.  A race car driver named Elroy Jackson Jr. has never quite had an idea of who he was and took him about twenty years to find out, while letting the rest of the world know in two laps.

The Last American Hero trailer