The Georgia Peaches

The Georgia Peaches
Also known as ''Follow That Car''
Genre Comedy
Written by Mick Benderoth
Monte Stettin
William Hjortsberg
Directed by Daniel Haller
Starring Dirk Benedict
Tanya Tucker
Terri Nunn
Lane Smith
Music by R. Donovan Fox
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Roger Corman
Producer(s) James Sbardellati
Thomas M. Hammel
Location(s) Charleston, South Carolina
Johns Island, South Carolina
Walterboro, South Carolina
Cinematography David Sanderson
Editor(s) Sandy Nervig
Running time 100 minutes
Production company(s) New World Pictures
Distributor CBS
Release
Original network CBS
Original release November 8, 1980 (1980-11-08)

The Georgia Peaches (also known as Follow That Car) is a 1980 American made-for-television action-adventure comedy film produced by Roger Corman as a pilot for a proposed television series. It starred Tanya Tucker, Terri Nunn and Dirk Benedict as three friends extorted into becoming undercover FBI agents for the government and was broadcast on CBS on November 8, 1980.[1]

Plot

The exploits of two sisters – Lorette Peach (Tucker), a country-western singer and Sue Lynn Peach (Nunn), owner of the Georgia Peaches Garage, and Dusty Tyree (Benedict), a stock car racer – as three friends recruited as undercover agents by the U.S. Treasury Department. In the pilot, they attempt to break up a ring of cigarette bootleggers operating out of their home state of Georgia.

Cast

DVD release

The Georgia Peaches was released on DVD by Shout! Factory as part of "Roger Corman's Cult Classics" Triple Feature Action-Packed Collection series on April 5, 2011.

References

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