The Wraith (film)
The Wraith is a 1986 action/science fiction film, directed and written by Mike Marvin.
Directed
by Mike Marvin
Produced by John Kemeny
Written by Mike Marvin
Cast
Charlie Sheen - Jake Kesey / The Wraith
Nick Cassavetes - Packard Walsh
Sherilyn Fenn - Keri Johnson
Randy Quaid - Sheriff Loomis
Matthew Barry - Billy Hankins
David Sherrill - Skank
Jamie Bozian - Gutterboy
Clint Howard - Rughead
Griffin O'Neal
- Oggie
Chris Nash - Minty
Vickie Benson - Waitress
Peder Melhuse
- Murphy
Jeffrey Sudzin - Redd
Michael Hungerford - Stokes
Steven
Eckholdt - George in Daytona
Plot
A small town has been harassed by a group of violent street racers for months unopposed. Then a mysterious black car shows up, and challenges members to a race; killing them afterwards. Neither the gang nor the police can catch the car, and the driver's identity remains unknown.
The driver is in fact Jake, who was killed by the gang and has returned as "The Wraith" in order to exact his revenge.
The
Turbo Interceptor driven by The Wraith was the Dodge M4S concept car, which cost
an estimated $1,500,000.[citation needed]
The Dodge M4S was powered by a Mopar
2.2 Inline "Trans" four cylinder engine (also used in the Dodge Daytona,
Dodge 600, etc.), with a Cosworth 16-valve, twin-cam cylinder head that produced
over 400 horsepower thanks to twin Garrett T25 turbochargers.
The abbreviation
M4S stood for Mid engine, 4 cylinder, Sport. The original car was built by Dodge
and PPG industries to be used as a Pace Car for sprint racing venues.
6 prop
cars were built, 4 of which were dummies and destroyed during filming. The other
two were the stunt cars. One is currently being restored at http://www.thewraithcar.com.
The film is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Ingram, an assistant cameraman
who was killed during the filming of a chase sequence.
Charlie Sheen almost
didn't do the film because of a schedule conflict with his next film role. After
some negotiations and planning, it was arranged for Charlie to shoot all of his
scenes in the first two weeks of production. Once wrapped, Charlie caught a flight
from Tucson to Manila to begin working on Platoon.
Packard Walsh drove a 1973
Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray with a custom paint job and a nose clip; Oggie drove
a 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z; Minty drove a 1977 Pontiac Firebird with a highly-visible
(but apparently not functional) supercharger; Skank and Gutterboy drove a beat-up
1966 Plymouth Barracuda; Rughead drove a 1985 GMC Sierra; The couple who are cheated
out their car in the first race was a white 1985 or 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z.
The squad cars were a variety of 1986 Dodge 600s, 1982 Plymouth Gran Furies, as
well as 1980 Chevrolet Malibu 9C1. Sheriff Loomis drove an "civilian"
1986 Dodge 600.
The first assistant cameraman for the film, Bruce Ingram,
was killed during shooting. The film was dedicated to his memory
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