{{primary sources|date=January 2008}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Deadline Auto Theft | image = Deadline Auto Theft FilmPoster.jpeg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = H. B. Halicki | producer = H. B. Halicki | writer = H. B. Halicki | starring = H. B. Halicki<br />Hoyt Axton<br />Dan Grimaldi<br />Judi Gibbs<br />Jerry Daugirda<br />Marion Busia | cinematography = Jack Vacek<br />Tony Syslo | editing = Warner E. Leighton<br />P. J. Webb | studio = H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co. | distributor = Halicki International | released = {{Film date|1983|10|28}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $1 million | gross = }}
'''''Deadline Auto Theft''''' is a 1983 American independent film written and directed by H. B. "Toby" Halicki made up of scenes from ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' and ''The Junkman'' as well as new material featuring Hoyt Axton. It is a sequel to ''The Junkman'' (1982) and the third installment in the ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' film series.
== Plot == After the attempted theft of his daughter's fiance's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace. Meanwhile, Pace is hired to steal 40 cars, and must do so without being caught.
== Cast == * H. B. "Toby" Halicki as Maindrian Pace / Vicinski / Mr. Villis * Hoyt Axton as Captain Gibbs * Marion Busia as Pumpkin Chase * Jerry Daugirda as Eugene Chase * George Cole Atlee Jackson * Lang Jeffries as Lieutenant Arthur * Dan Grimaldi as Carl Augusta * Judi Gibbs as Herself * Pat Hartigan as Lieutenant Reed
== Production == ===Development=== ''Deadline Auto Theft'' was a piecemeal effort by Halicki to incorporate the opening chase of ''The Junkman'' into the film ''Gone in 60 Seconds''. The film is essentially a trimmed alternate cut of his 1974 cult classic with a new subplot featuring Axton incorporated into it. The chase from ''The Junkman'' was depicted in that film as the making of a car chase picture – a case of meta-fiction; in ''Deadline Auto Theft'', the footage is incorporated into the plot, essentially making this film the movie that was being produced in ''The Junkman''.
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0085408}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|deadline_auto_theft}}
Category:1983 films Category:1983 action thriller films Category:1980s chase films Category:1983 crime thriller films Category:1983 English-language films Category:1983 American films Category:American action thriller films Category:American crime drama films Category:American chase films Category:American independent films Category:English-language crime thriller films Category:English-language action thriller films Category:English-language independent films Category:Films about automobiles Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:Films shot in Los Angeles Category:Films directed by H. B. Halicki Category:Metafictional works
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