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
Glenn Gordon Caron Glenn Gordon Caron Glenn Gordon Caron (born April 3, 1954; sometimes credited as "Glenn Caron") is an American television writer, director and producer, probably best known for the television series "Moonlighting" in the 1980s and "Medium" in the 2000s. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Caron was born to a Jewish family in Oceanside, New York. He graduated from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1975. After his graduation, Caron studied with Del Close and The Second City, before starting a career at an advertising agency. While working here he was invited by NBC to write a