Directed by: Brian Trenchard Smith
Written by: Patrick Edgeworth
Produced by: Tom Broadbridge, Paul F. Davies
Other cast: Bryan Marshall, Angelo D'Angelo, James Lugton, David Argue
Release date: December 22, 1983
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Running time: 1h 28min
Teens P.J. and Goose get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy, they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.
Taglines
• A High Flying Ride To Adventure
• Get ready for a wild ride!
• They’re burning up the streets!
• Four friends find a treasure… and big trouble!
• Thrills, chills, spills! Live the power of the… BMX Bandits
• Caught between cops and crooks…
Trivia
• Nicole Kidman’s first movie role.
• Nicole Kidman sprained her ankle after jumping in the open grave.
• Nicole Kidman learned how to ride a BMX bicycle so she could be in this movie. Also, Kidman was chosen out of more than two hundred actresses who auditioned for the role of Judy.
Character’s Quotes
• [to kidnappers] And they all turned into Zombies!
• Well, you know what they say. Two’s company. Three gets us talked about.
• Your little walkie talkies… have gone walkies.