"Kowalski, can you hear me? Do you hear me, Kowalski? Now, I know you can hear me, Kowalski. I'm sure you hear me now. This very minute. Now, you listen very carefully. The whole mobile force of the Nevada State Highway Patrol is after you. They waitin' for you to come up for air. Yeah. Now, some people imagine you'll try to get to California through Death Valley. And others bet you'll die there in the desert. These few are just too happy to see you vanish for good out there. But my tape deck is just as jammed with telegrams as my head is jammed with phone calls from people who are wishing you well in your getaway, no matter where it might lead you. I wish I could help you, but I can't. I can't. I don't think anybody can, except for that crazy lucky streak of yours. And now you're gonna need more luck. All of it, perhaps, and badly. You can beat the police, you can beat the road and you can even beat the clock. But you can't beat the desert. Nobody can."

"And today, in a beautiful gesture made by beautiful people, in beautiful downtown Goldfield, this radio station was named KOWalski, in honor of the last American hero, to whom speed means freedom of the soul. The question is not when's he gonna stop, but who is gonna stop him."

"Watch carefully because everything happens fast. The chase. The desert. The shack. The girl. The roadblock. The end."

"Robert Donner - Collins"

"It's true, true, true, true, my friends. For, by the latest information, our soul Challenger has just broken the ring of evil the deep blue meanies have so righteously wrought. Get through 'em, baby! Get through 'em!"

"Barry Newman - Kowalski"

"And there goes the Challenger, being chased by the blue, blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver, the last American hero, the electric centaur, the, the demi-god, the super driver of the golden west! Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver. The police numbers are gettin' closer, closer, closer to our soul hero, in his soul mobile, yeah baby! They about to strike. They gonna get him. Smash him. Rape... the last beautiful free soul on this planet. But, it is written: "If the evil spirit arms the tiger with claws, Brahman provided wings for the dove." Thus spake the super guru."

"Owen Bush - Communications officer"

"Bill Drake - KLZ-FM reporter"

"Severn Darden - Rev. J. 'Jessie' Hovah"

"Delaney Bramlett - J. Hovah's singer"

"Gilda Texter - Nude motorcycle rider"

"Charlotte Rampling - Female hitchhiker"

"Timothy Scott - Angel"

"Arthur Malet - Male hitchhiker #2 (back seat)"

"Bekka Bramlett - J. Hovah's baby"

"Rita Coolidge - J. Hovah's singer"

"Patrice Holloway - J. Hovah's singer"

"Bonnie Bramlett - J. Hovah's singer"

"David Gates - J. Hovah's piano player"

"Anthony James - Male hitchhiker #1 (front seat)"

"Denis Quilley - Antonio (Tony) Foscarelli"

"Vernon Dobtcheff - Concierge"

"Colin Blakely - Cyrus B. "Dick" Hardman"

"George Coulouris - Dr. Constantine"

"Jeremy Lloyd - A.D.C."

"Rachel Roberts - Hildegarde Schmidt"

"Richard Widmark - Ratchett/Casetti"

"John Moffatt - Chief Attendant"

"Michael York - Count Rudolf Andrenyi"