The Wild Racers is a 1968 American film directed by Daniel Haller and starring Fabian, Mimsy Farmer, and Judy Cornwell.

He is hired by a race-car tycoon to be runner-up for a more experienced racer on the European circuit, working with his mechanic Charlie.

He has a series of love affairs, including with a shallow Englishwoman, but cannot see himself in a long-term relationship – until he meets Katherine.

[3] Haller later said, "That movie began when Roger asked me to develop the script with Chuck Griffith.

That meant I drove Chuck to Santa Barbara in my car and wouldn’t let him out of the hotel room until he had a certain amount of pages done.

In reality, this team featured future World Champion Jochim Rindt, who also drove for Brabham in F1 in this time period.

[7] Mimsy Farmer was working in a hospital in Canada when director Dan Haller called asking if she wanted to be in the film.

"[8] The racing advisers were Peter Theobald (English), Jan Pieter Visser (Dutch), Jean Pierre Arlet (French) and Carlos Diego (Spanish).

The movie was shot by Nestor Almendros, and Daniel Lacambre worked as camera operator.

[10]Dan Haller later recalled: If I didn't think we had gotten a shot, I'd have Nestor shoot it again and have them print both takes.

Haller said Alemndros, a fugitive from Franco's Spain, was highly anxious during the Spanish leg of the shoot for fear he would be arrested for leaving the country.

[11] Roger Corman said the film included "one of the greatest examples of co-ordinated shooting I've ever been involved with."

[13][14] One of the lead actors was dubbed by Corman regular Dick Miller, who appears in a cameo.

[6] The Christian Science Monitor called it "unusually well-photographed... the film is aimed at teenagers but thwarts its own purpose by inclusion of too much sexuality.

"[18] Quentin Tarantino later described The Wild Racers as his favorite racing car film: It's shot like an Antonioni movie, with very little dialogue, most of which is voice-over.