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The Wraith
File:The Wraith (DVD cover).jpg The Wraith DVD cover
Directed by	Mike Marvin
Written by	Mike Marvin
Produced by	John Kemeny
Starring	Charlie Sheen Sherilyn Fenn Nick Cassavetes Randy Quaid
Cinematography	Reed Smoot
Edited by	Scott Conrad Gary Rocklen
Music by	Michael Hoenig J. Peter Robinson
Distributed by	New Century Vista Film Company
Release dates	November 21, 1986
Running time	93 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Wraith is a 1986 action/science fiction film, directed and written by Mike Marvin.

Plot summary

A small town has been harassed by a group of violent street racers for months unopposed. Then a mysterious black car shows up, and challenges members to a race; killing them afterwards. Neither the gang nor the police can catch the car, and the driver's identity remains unknown.

The driver is in fact Jake, who was killed by the gang and has returned as "The Wraith" in order to exact his revenge.

Main cast

• Charlie Sheen as Jake Kesey / The Wraith
• Nick Cassavetes as Packard Walsh
• Sherilyn Fenn as Keri Johnson
• Randy Quaid as Sheriff Loomis
• Matthew Barry as Billy Hankins
• David Sherrill as Skank
• Jamie Bozian as Gutterboy
• Clint Howard as Rughead
• Griffin O'Neal as Oggie
• Chris Nash as Minty

Trivia

• The Turbo Interceptor driven by The Wraith was the Dodge M4S concept car, which cost an estimated $1,500,000.
• The Dodge M4S was powered by a Mopar 2.2 Inline "Trans" four cylinder engine (also used in the Dodge Daytona, Dodge 600, etc.), with a Cosworth 16-valve, twin-cam cylinder head that produced over 400 horsepower thanks to twin Garrett T25 turbochargers.
• The abbreviation M4S stood for Mid engine, 4 cylinder, Sport. The original car was built by Dodge and PPG industries to be used as a Pace Car for sprint racing venues.
• 6 prop cars were built, 4 of which were dummies and destroyed during filming. The other two were the stunt cars. One is currently being restored at http://www.thewraithcar.com.
• The film is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Ingram, an assistant cameraman who was killed during the filming of a chase sequence.
• Charlie Sheen almost didn't do the film because of a schedule conflict with his next film role. After some negotiations and planning, it was arranged for Charlie to shoot all of his scenes in the first two weeks of production. Once wrapped, Charlie caught a flight from Tucson to Manila to begin working on Platoon.
• Packard Walsh drove a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray with a custom paint job and a nose clip; Oggie drove a 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z; Minty drove a 1977 Pontiac Firebird with a highly-visible (but apparently not functional) supercharger; Skank and Gutterboy drove a beat-up 1966 Plymouth Barracuda; Rughead drove a 1985 GMC Sierra; The couple who are cheated out their car in the first race was a white 1985 or 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. The squad cars were a variety of 1986 Dodge 600s, 1982 Plymouth Gran Furies, as well as 1980 Chevrolet Malibu 9C1. Sheriff Loomis drove an "civilian" 1986 Dodge 600.

External links

• The Wraith at IMDb
• Restoration site of one of the Dodge M4S vehicles
• The Wraith Fan Site