Video: 'American Graffiti' trailer

(Wednesday, August 1, 1973, 1:30 p.m. PDT) — American Graffiti, an American coming-of-age comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers who spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college, opened today at Avco Center Cinema in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Video: 'American Graffiti (1973) - Movie' (10 clips)

Inspired by director George Lucas’ youth in the valley town of Modesto, California, the film starred Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack and Harrison Ford.