Roger Smith and Alan Carr revived the career of Smith's wife Ann-Margret with some shows in Las Vegas and TV specials. They then decided to go back into films, but were "choosy" turning down The Maltese Bippy and Song of Norway to do... RPM and this. (Then, to be fair, came Carnal Knowledge.)
Smith wrote the story and screenplay so one presumes he wanted to put his wife forward but actually this is more a star vehicle for whoever plays CC - and that's Joe Namath, the football star. This film might thus be of interest to people who remember him as a football personality - doesn't mean as much to Australians.
It's not a great role for Ann Margret - I guess she gets to wear different outfits but she's very much The Girl. In her opening scene she is almost raped by some biker friends of Namath (including the ever reliable Sid Haig) then Namath rescues her and she flirts with him as if nothing happened. Then later on she gets kidnapped (by bikers led by the even more reliable William Smith) and has to be rescued. Oh there's a romantic interlude.
Nothing wrong with putting Ann Margaret in a biker movie - it's a commercial genre and Ann Margret could ride a bike. Why not make something with her as a biker? Get her racing, doing stuff. Make her active. Have her do more dancing, more singing... show off your wife, Roger Smith!
This film was so boring.
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