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The Dirt Bike Kid is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 24 november 1985 with Peter Billingsley
The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
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Add to a movie listThe Dirt Bike Kid is a 1985 film directed by Hoite Caston, produced by Julie Corman, starring Peter Billingsley and Stuart Pankin, about a boy who discovers a magic dirt bike that has a mind of its own. Part of the story is inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Jack Simmons (Peter Billingsley) is a lazy boy who lives with his widowed mother (Anne Bloom) who is struggling to support herself and her son since the death of her husband. One day, Mrs. Simmons orders Jack to buy groceries with her last $50 bill she has in her savings, but Jack is distracted by a dirt bike race and uses the $50 to buy a dirt bike from a local bully named Max (Gavin Allen). When Jack has the bike, he learns it is alive, or possibly occupied by a friendly spirit, and does things to help out Jack. Mrs. Simmons is furious that Jack spent her money on a dirt bike, and promptly confiscates the bike and sells it to a local shop owner, Mr. Zak (Al Evans), thus recouping her $50. However, the bike returns in the middle of the night to visit Jack. Jack tells this to Mr. Zak, who says Jack can work off his debt by having himself and the bike make deliveries for him.Actors
Peter Billingsley
(Jack Simmons)
Stuart Pankin
(Mr. Hodgkins)
Patrick Collins
Anne Bloom
(Janet Simmons)
Angie Bolling
(Pretty Woman)
Tyrees Allen
(Sergeant)
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