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Endless highway tells the story of carradine, the son of an accomplished hollywood leading man and character actor who grew up constantly shuffled between homes and reform schools. The first installment was filmed in 1977, with a couple weeks more of shooting added every year or so, as money was available. And always there are blithely belabored excuses for everything. In fact, tarantino, a longtime carradine fan, drew inspiration for the character of bill from endless highway. Richard carr and put to film by david carradine in a movie called americana. The film stars david carradine and playboy playmate claudia jennings.
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