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Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

★ 4.9G92 min

1980 film directed by Vincent McEveety

Herbie Goes Bananas is a 1980 American adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety. It is the fourth in the Herbie film series. The ensemble cast includes Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephan W. Burns, John Vernon, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III, and Harvey Korman. The plot revolves around the further adventures of Herbie, a sentient Volkswagen Beetle race car, as he befriends Paco, an orphan whose pickpocketing ways get him entangled with both Herbie's new owners and a trio of dangerous Incan gold thieves.

Herbie Goes Bananas received mixed reviews from critics, and underperformed at the box office, with domestic earnings of $18 million. It was followed by the sitcom Herbie, the Love Bug in 1982.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Herbie Goes Bananas about?
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) — Pete Stancheck inherits from his Uncle Jim Douglas a race car being stored in Puerto Vallarta. With his friend Davy Johns (D.J. to his friends) accompanying him to P.V., Pete is dismayed to learn that the car is an older model Volkswagen Beetle. But when Pete and D.J. see what th
Is Herbie Goes Bananas based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Herbie Goes Bananas scary?
Content rating: G. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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