- HD 1080
- Runtime: 74m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Richard T. Heffron
- Stars: Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips, Stuart Margolin, Nick Nolte
- keywords: small town, sheriff, hot rod, car crash, murder, small town sheriff
- Production_studio: Universal Television, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
- Slogan: In this town a speeding ticket is a death sentence.
- The The California Kid is featured in the top rankings of 1974
- #37 in Top Action Movies of 1974
- #31 in Top Thriller Movies of 1974
- #20 in Top Horror Movies of 1974
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.