Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Shot in 1970, the film Little Fauss and Big Halsy begins when Fauss runs into Halsy Knox, a professional motorcycle racer, after a race run in Phoenix, Arizona. Halsy, who has been banned from racing for drinking on the track, suggests that they form a partnership in which Halsy would race under Fauss's name with Fauss functioning as the mechanic. The two men agree and Fauss joins Halsy on the racing circuit. He is constantly faced with his inferiority to Halsy, both on and off the racetrack. Their partnership is finally broken when Rita Nebraska, a drop-out from a wealthy background, arrives at the racetrack and immediately attaches herself to Halsy, despite the attention Fauss pays her. After breaking his leg in a motorcycle race, Fauss returns home to his parents. Several months later, when his leg has mended, Halsy visits him and attempts to leave behind Rita, who is now pregnant, but Fauss refuses to take her. He tells Halsy that he plans to reenter the racing circuit. A short time later, the two men race against each other at the Sears Point International Raceway; Halsy's motorcycle breaks down, and as he leaves the track, he hears the announcement that Fauss has taken the lead. A cult film that appealed to motorcycle racing enthusiasts, it actually features good, well shot racing action from various disciplines of motorcycle racing.