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The Wraith

Name: The Wraith
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1986-10-01
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.388

★ 6,4 /10 (512 Votes)

1986 EN 93 min

Overview

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...

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Release date

01/10/1986

Votes

512

Popularity

3.6

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Genres

Action Science Fiction

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

93 min

Budget

$2,700,000

Revenue

$3,500,000

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Jake Kesey / The Wraith

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Sherilyn Fenn

Keri Johnson

Randy Quaid

Sheriff Loomis

Matthew Barry

Billy Hankins

Clint Howard

Rughead

David Sherrill

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Jamie Bozian

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Griffin O'Neal

Oggie

Chris Nash

Minty

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Vickie Benson

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Peder Melhuse

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Jeffrey Sudzin

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Michael Hungerford

Stokes

Steven Eckholdt

George in Daytona

Elizabeth Cox

Girl in Daytona

Christopher Bradley

Jamie Henkins

Jeffery Feaster

Teen at Falls (uncredited)

Brooke Burke

Roller Skating Waitress (uncredited)

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Richard Alexander

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I first saw this movie back in 1986... didn't really remember too much about it... decided to watch it again after seeing the car in an episode of Leno's Garage. You know what.. it is actually very entertaining movie... it doesn't suck at all. The bad boy characters are somewhat stupid but fit in quite well... the story is a little simplistic... but sometimes watching a movie that is entertaining and you don't need to think too much about is just what you need. Plus it was a trip down memory lane from 35 years ago. Charlie Sheen was 21, but looked a lot younger!! For the time, the mo…

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**_Hammy 80’s motorhead thriller with Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn_** A ruthless (but comical) gang terrorizes a town in southern Arizona, forcing guys to drag race in order to ‘win’ their vehicles; that is, until a young man comes to town (Sheen), along with a mysterious black sportscar and driver. Randy Quaid is on hand as the Sheriff. "The Wraith" (1986) is like a meshing of the contemporaneous “Top Gun” with the campiness of “Lost Boys” (which came out the next year), just trade the pilot ace flying with drag racing and the vampires with a thug gang. The hammy approach mainly appl…

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