Herbie Rides Again
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Produced by | Bill Walsh |
| Written by | Bill Walsh |
| Based on | Characters created by Gordon Buford |
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Helen Hayes Ken Berry Stefanie Powers Keenan Wynn John McIntire |
| Music by | George Bruns |
| Cinematography | Frank Phillips |
| Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $38,229,000 |
Herbie Rides Again is a 1974 American comedy film and a sequel to The Love Bug, released six years earlier, and the second in a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic (and quite autonomous) 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. The movie starred Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry, and Keenan Wynn reprising his villainous role as Alonzo Hawk (originated in the films The Absent-Minded Professor and Son of Flubber).
Herbie Rides Again was followed by two more theatrical sequels Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and Herbie Goes Bananas. A later theatrical sequel, Herbie: Fully Loaded was released in 2005.
The title is referenced in the trailer for the 1975 British comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Notorious real estate magnate and demolition baron Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is ready to build his newest indoor shopping center, the 130-story Hawk Plaza in San Francisco. His only obstacle is the 1892 firehouse inhabited by "Grandma" Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), widow of its former owner, Fire Captain Steinmetz, and aunt of mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz; her displaced neighbor, flight attendant Nicole Harris (Stefanie Powers); and their sentient machines: a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle known as Herbie, "the Love Bug;" an early 19th-century orchestrion that plays on its own; and a retired cable car from the defunct Clay Street Line, known as "Old No. 22." Mrs. Steinmetz explains that Tennessee has gone to Tibet to visit his ailing philosophy teacher, while Herbie's former owner, Jim Douglas, has gone to Europe.
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