The Love Bug (1997 film) Volkswagen Beetle. Herbie was owned by an egotistic racing driver and car dealer named Simon Moore III (John Hannah). Due to his arrogance, he does not treat Herbie very well. During a race, Simon Moore III swears at Herbie, which caused Herbie to not want to listen to his owner. They end up in last place for the race. Simon was not pleased and he throws out Herbie to the junkyard. Hank Cooper ( Bruce Campbell), a small-town mechanic who works in a local garage, enters a junk-car race where drivers select a jalopy and attempt to start and race
The Scarlet Car The Scarlet Car The Scarlet Car is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney. The film is based upon the novel "The Scarlet Car" by Richard Harding Davis, which also was the basis of a 1923 film of the same name. A print of the 1917 film exists and has been released on DVD. Like many American films of the time, "The Scarlet Car" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of slugging the man, the shortening of the fight