Greased Lightning

 Greased Lightning  is a 1977 American biographical film, starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier, and directed by Michael Schultz. Greased Lightning is a film loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first African AmericanNASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner and 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee.Greased Lightning was partially filmed in Winder, Georgia Athens, Georgia at the former Athens Speedway,[ 1 ] and Madison, Georgia.

Plot
Wendell Scott, a taxi cab driver in post-World War II, learns his craft for car racing by transporting illegal moonshine in the backwoods of Virginia. By the mid-1960s, he was a veteran driver who had won his battles with the white racetrack owners and police officers.

Cast

 * Richard Pryor as Wendell Scott
 * Beau Bridges as Hutch
 * Pam Grier as Mary Jones
 * Cleavon Little as Peewee
 * Vincent Gardenia as Sheriff Cotton
 * Richie Havens as Woodrow
 * Julian Bond as Russell
 * Earl Hindman as Beau Welles
 * Minnie Gentry as Wendell's Mother
 * Lucy Saroyan as Hutch's Wife
 * Noble Willingham as Billy Joe Byrnes
 * Bruce Atkins as Deputy Turner
 * Steve Fifield as Deputy Drinkwater
 * Bill Cobbs as Mr. Jones
 * Georgia Allen as Mrs. Jones
 * Tyrone Franklin Lamar as Carworker in Yellow-Green Shirt