

Heart Like a Wheel
She did something women were forbidden to do, and became a World Champion.
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
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- English
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- biography
- drag racer
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG1 Apr 1983
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG8 Jun 1984
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Heart Like a Wheel was released on 1 April 1983.
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2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/22/2025
Long before there was Ru Paul, there was Bonnie Bedelia delivering quite a gutsy performance here in her own drag racing biopic of pioneering driver Shirley Muldowney. Her racing involved cars but otherwise wasn’t a lot less catty as her attempt to establish herself in what was very much a man’s world proved difficult for her and those around her. Initially, her new husband (Leo Rossi) is supportive and encouraging b…
- W7/10
Wuchak
3/28/2026
**_Biopic of The First Lady of Drag Racing, Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney_** This is similar to “Coal Miner’s Daughter” from three years prior, just substituting drag racing for country musician. No, it’s not as good, but it ain’t bad. It starts with sequences reminiscent of the back road drag racing in “Rebel Without a Cause.” Didn’t we all do that as teens? Beautiful Bonnie Bedelia sold me on the movie, but the…
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