Rating: PG
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 06/07/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1/DD2
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Walter Hill's stripped down neo-noir features a protagonist who makes the laconic boxer of the director's similar Hard Times (1974) seem logorrheic by comparison. The film's tone is set in the opening scene as the Driver (Ryan O'Neal) gloms a V-8 sedan and proceeds to whip through claustrophobic parking garages, narrow alleyways, and sundry other high-risk macadam, as he demonstrates why he's known as the best getaway driver in the business to some potential clients, before giving his vehicle a proper burial. Such plot as there is in this highly abstract film concerns the Driver's cat and mouse game with the Detective (Bruce Dern), an employee of the constabulary of an unnamed city, intent on his arrest. A mysterious and beautiful woman, the Player (Isabelle Adjani), soon appears on the Driver's radar, a perfect match for his taciturnity.

~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Ryan O'Neal - The Driver
Bruce Dern - The Detective
Isabelle Adjani - The Player
Ronee Blakely - The Connection
Matt Clark - Red Plain Clothesman
Felice Orlandi - Gold Plainclothesman
Joseph Walsh - Glasses
Rudy Ramos - Teeth
Denny Macko - Exchange Man
Frank Bruno - The Kid
Will Walker - Fingers

Production:
Walter Hill - Director
Lawrence Gordon Frank Marshall - Producer
Michael Small - Composer
Tina Hirsch Robert Lambert - Editor
Walter Hill - Screen Writer
Darrell Silvera - Set Designer
David M. Haber - Art Director
Frank Marshall - Associate Producer
Jane Feinberg - Casting
Mike Fenton - Casting
Philip H. Lathrop - Cinematographer
Jack Bear - Costume Designer
Jennifer Parsons - Costume Designer
Pat Kehoe - First Assistant Director
Gary D. Liddiard - Makeup
Harry Horner - Production Designer
Richard Wagner - Sound/Sound Designer
Charles Spurgeon - Special Effects
Everett Creach - Stunts
Everett Creach - Stunts Coordinator
Russ Saunders - Production Manager

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