Greased Lightning (1977)
Greased Lightning is a 1977 American biographical film, starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier, and directed by Michael Schultz. Greased Lightning is a film loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first African American stock car racing champion in the United States. Greased Lightning was partially filmed in Winder, Georgia and Madison, Georgia.
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