EPISODE · Jun 24, 2026 · 44 MIN
Episode 96: The Last American Hero (1973)
from Be Kind, Please Rewind! · host Joe Gould
Join us as we fire up the engines for the 1973 film, The Last American Hero, starring a young Jeff Bridges as Elroy 'Junior' Jackson, a backroads bootlegger who yearns to make it in racing.Loosely based on the real-life NASCAR legend Junior Johnson and a famous article by Tom Wolfe, this is far from a perfect biopic and probably never stood a chance at being a financial success.
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Join us as we fire up the engines for the 1973 film, The Last American Hero, starring a young Jeff Bridges as Elroy 'Junior' Jackson, a backroads bootlegger who yearns to make it in racing.Loosely based on the real-life NASCAR legend Junior Johnson and a famous article by Tom Wolfe, this is far from a perfect biopic and probably never stood a chance at being a financial success.
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