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Greased Lightning
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 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner and 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee. Greased Lightning was partially filmed in Winder, Georgia Athens, Georgia at the former Athens Speedway, and Madison, Georgia.
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- #4 of 1414 Best NASCAR Movies, Ranked
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- #13 of 3930+ Movies And Shows With Lightning In The Title
- #15 of 37Best Richard Pryor Movies, Ranked
- #21 of 52Best Movies With Pam Grier
- #34 of 44Best Bill Cobbs Movies
- #40 of 56Best Beau Bridges Movies
- #67 of 92Greatest African American Biopics, Ranked
- #102 of 111Best Movies Starting With G
- #358 of 1159Movies 1977
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