Jack Vacek
Writer
Jack Vacek was an American actor, filmmaker and cinematographer whose career spanned from the mid 1970's to the early 80's. He got his start as an actor and cinematographer on H.B. Halicki's Gone in Sixty Seconds. He is most know for directing and starring in Double Nickels (1977) and Deadly Addiction (1988).
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Movie6.2ActionCrimeInsurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.
Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 · 199 votes
Movie5.0CrimeActionAs film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid their net, stay alive and discover who is behind this lethal plan, will take Hollis through a fiery battle, turning highways and city streets into a blazing junkyard.
The Junkman
1982 · 25 votes
Movie5.4ActionComedyAfter the attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace, whose insurance investigation company provides the perfect front. A South American drug lord pays Pace and his team to steal 48 cars for him, so they set out on the job while the police frantically try to track him down. Their efforts pay off when Pace's boss double-crosses him and tips them off on his next job. Police pursue Pace in "Eleanor", the last of the cars needed to fulfill their contract, through southern California as he tries to get away.
Deadline Auto Theft
1983 · 12 votes
Movie8.3ActionAfter the murder of his wife, John Turner, a renegade cop who purposely defies his superiors, tries to expose a drug ring that takes him from L.A. to Mexico and back. Along the way, he develops romance and becomes a father figure to a young streetwise orphan.
Deadly Addiction
1988 · 3 votes
Movie4.5ActionTwo highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.
Double Nickels
1977 · 2 votes