FOR DARGO: THE TRIUMPH OF FILM

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Coming from motocross - fifty years ago a prime interest, it's surreal, Dargo, I wondered about the Triumph of THE GREAT ESCAPE: I once thought that it might have been a Maico used because of the 1963 movie's German setting, eventually learning otherwise...

With TCM's screening of THE BOY in the PLASTIC BUBBLE last month, I noticed a prop poster from my childhood used for the 1976 made-for-television movie:

Sounds as if you might've ridden the old Indian Dunes track up there near Magic Mountain back in the day.

And so speaking of 'The Great Escape', I'm sure you know Steve McQueen was a regular there, don't ya.

(...and used to competition ride under the name "Harvey Mushman")

I'm embarrassed to type that though I was aware of Indian Dunes being the mecca of motocross for Valley youth, Dargo, my trips to Valencia in the 1970s were relegated to Magic Mountain.
I'm aware of the "Harvey Mushman" entries, but I think of Steve McQueen in Elsinore instead:

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