The Wraith
1986 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 6.4
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-10-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (513 votes)
- Budget
- $2,700,000
Themes
- sheriff
- car race
- cemetery
- killing
- arizona
- reincarnation
- car crash
- romance
- street race
- revenge
- murder
- gang
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Charlie Sheen
as Jake Kesey / The Wraith
Nick Cassavetes
as Packard Walsh
Sherilyn Fenn
as Keri Johnson
Randy Quaid
as Sheriff Loomis
Matthew Barry
as Billy Hankins
Clint Howard
as Rughead
David Sherrill
as Skank
Jamie Bozian
as Gutterboy
Griffin O'Neal
as Oggie
Chris Nash
as Minty
Directed by Mike Marvin