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Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
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DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Overview
In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage." Most people doubted that the automobile had much of a future. Jackson's trip would prove them wrong.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
2003-10-06
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
7.375
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Tom Hanks
Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Adam Arkin
Other Voices (voice)
Philip Bosco
Other Voices (voice)
John Cullum
Other Voices (voice)
Amy Madigan
Other Voices (voice)
Eli Wallach
Other Voices (voice)
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