They Call Me Renegade
They Call Me Renegade is a 1987 road movie directed by E.B. Clucher and starring Terence Hill and his adoptive son Ross.
| They Call Me Renegade | |
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 Main promotional art by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | E.B. Clucher |
| Produced by | Lucio Bompani |
| Written by | Marco Barboni |
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| Starring | Terence Hill Robert Vaughn Norman Bowler Ross Hill |
| Cinematography | Alfio Contini |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
Release date | 1987 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
"Renegade" Luke (Hill), a drifter and petty con artist, lives a free and easy life with no responsibility travelling around the Southwestern United States in his Jeep CJ Renegade with a chestnut colt named Joe Brown. The events take a sudden twist when his friend Moose (Norman Bowler), who has won a ranch in Arizona over a poker game, asks Luke to become the legal guardian of Moose's son Matt (Ross Hill) and to keep an eye on the property while he is serving time in jail for a crime he claims he didn't commit. Both Luke and Matt are less than enthusiastic about the idea but eventually they reluctanlty make their way to Arizona together. As they progress on their trip they experience an abnormal series of accidents, including a crazy trucker trying to push them off the road and a helicopter following them around. It turns out that real-estate-shark Lawson (Robert Vaughn), a sworn enemy of Moose, is trying to prevent them from getting to the property so he can keep it for himself. With the help of a gang of bikers, eventually Luke and Matt manage to defeat Lawson and become friends.
Production
They Call Me Renegade was filmed in English on location in Phoenix, Sedona and Flagstaff in Arizona. Cast and production crew were primarily American and Italian and include local notables such as Phoenix sculpture artist and custom trike builder Al Banks, then head of Arizona ABATE motorcycle activist group.[1]
Soundtrack
"Simple Man" and "Call Me The Breeze" by Lynyrd Skynyrd where chosen as main theme. Mauro Paoluzzi wrote and produced the original soundtrack, whilst Nicolette Larson also appeared on the release with the song "Let Me Be the One" from her 1988 album Shadows of Love.[2][3]