abstract:Smashing Time is a 1967 British comedy film starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. It is a satire on the 1960s media-influenced phenomenon of Swinging London.
In this raw and vehement melodrama from 1980, Dennis Hopper, as director, gives himself the lead role of Don, a truck driver who is about to be released from prison, where he served time after drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus.
Olympic and world silver medallist Lorranine Fenton from Jamaica clinched top spot, smashing through the 50 seconds barrier with a season's best time of 49.71secs.