cult film freak: July 2026

Written by James M. Tate / 7/07/2026 / No comments / ben johnson , charlotte rampling , christopher connelly , exploitation , john gruber , laurence luckinbill , pamela payton-wright , patrick o'neal , race car , road movie , robert blake , seventies

ROBERT BLAKE CRASHING 'CORKY' WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihht_kRbFD01hh76zTrUYTEbxuWmw1RU6-wKF3KmCN82e0lm2K4qN0NOi2tkRJXIV9vneNk_xxD7igxFYCj3TLVYtVeHqSwkPI0PARF5tRprWrzFbwe6yzoDI-QKuXUI0BuwcKp9enTaFyw0T3cif6Un6fwv2rXfo7RkfaYSuHzFjb5dS_f7xw1fI_PhNV/s1556/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-06%20at%204.35.40%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihht_kRbFD01hh76zTrUYTEbxuWmw1RU6-wKF3KmCN82e0lm2K4qN0NOi2tkRJXIV9vneNk_xxD7igxFYCj3TLVYtVeHqSwkPI0PARF5tRprWrzFbwe6yzoDI-QKuXUI0BuwcKp9enTaFyw0T3cif6Un6fwv2rXfo7RkfaYSuHzFjb5dS_f7xw1fI_PhNV/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-06%20at%204.35.40%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Blake in CORKY Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>An early 1970's hybrid of small-town-dragster TWO LANE BLACKTOP, centering on two young motorheads rolling in a souped-up hot rod, and the exposition-through-flashback IN COLD BLOOD: as CORKY also stars Robert Blake, here as a spitfire Southerner yearning to become a stock car driving champion, before eventually getting lethal... <br><br>Which occurs in the last ten minutes, feeling more like the beginning of the final act instead of the entire movie's violent conclusion in what's an otherwise creatively-shot, open road exploitation where an intense and free-wheeling, strangely optimistic yet equally brooding Blake is surrounded by some topnotch actors...</p><p><span></span></p>

ben johnson, charlotte rampling, christopher connelly, exploitation, john gruber, laurence luckinbill, pamela payton-wright, patrick o'neal, race car, road movie, robert blake, seventies

ROBERT BLAKE CRASHING 'CORKY' WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING

Robert Blake in CORKY Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 An early 1970's hybrid of small-town-dragster TWO LANE BLACKTOP, centering on two young ...

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