Checkered Flag or Crash Checkered Flag or Crash Checkered Flag or Crash is a 1977 American adventure comedy film about off-road racing through the Philippines jungle, starring Joe Don Baker and Susan Sarandon and featuring Larry Hagman, Alan Vint and Parnelli Jones. It was written by Michael Allin and directed by Alan Gibson. Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden (Baker), nicknamed that because of his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright (Sarandon) intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking
Susan Sarandon six-time Emmy Award nominee, including for her guest roles on the sitcoms "Friends" (2001) and "Malcolm in the Middle" (2002), and appearances in the TV films "Bernard and Doris" (2007) and "You Don't Know Jack" (2010). In 2017, Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX's anthology series "Feud", for which she was nominated for both for acting and producing Emmys. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy award for executive producing "Cool Women in History" in 2002. Sarandon was born in the Queens borough of New York City. She is the eldest of nine children of