EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to The Speedway Murders, a true crime doc examining the real-life unsolved Burger Chef murders that made national headlines and gripped 1970s Speedway, Indiana, home to racing spectacle, the Indy 500.
Hailing from writer-directors Luke Rynderman & Adam Kamien and Altitude Films, the film has been slated for a day-and-date release later this year.
The Speedway Murders unravels a mystery surrounding four teenagers toiling away on the graveyard shift at their local Burger Chef, in the gritty small-town landscape of Speedway.
When police respond to a midnight call there, they discover the restaurant eerily deserted — lights aglow, back door ajar, and the young workers vanished without a trace.
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