Overview

In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.

Cast

Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo, Matt Greene, Devon Ericson, Philip Crews, Walt Guthrie

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Frequently asked

What is "Return to Macon County" about?

In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.

When was "Return to Macon County" released?

Return to Macon County was released in 1975.

Who stars in "Return to Macon County"?

The cast includes Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo.