Heart Like a Wheel

She did something women were forbidden to do, and became a World Champion.

APPROPIATE

1983 / 113min.

Rating5.593

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.

Directors

Jonathan Kaplan

Actors

Beau Bridges

Elliott Mason

Byron Thames

Mark Dawson

Bob Minor

Mitzi Hoag

Anthony Edwards

Bonnie Bedelia

Ellen Geer

Dick Miller

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