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===AIP=== In November 1965, he signed a seven-picture deal with [[American International Pictures]] (AIP).<ref name="betty">{{cite news|author=Martin, Betty|title='Bloomer Girl' on 20th Slate|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 29, 1965|page=C-23}}</ref> His first film for the company was alongside ''Beach Party'' stars [[Frankie Avalon]] and [[Annette Funicello]] in the 1966 stock car racing film ''[[Fireball 500]]''. AIP then sent him to Italy to play a role originally intended for Avalon in ''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs]]'' (1966), supporting [[Vincent Price]] and directed by [[Mario Bava]]. Back in the United States, he made another stock car racing film for AIP, ''[[Thunder Alley (1967 film)|Thunder Alley]]'' (1967), opposite Funicello and directed by [[Richard Rush (director)|Richard Rush]]. His fourth movie for AIP was ''[[Maryjane (film)|Maryjane]]'' (1968), where Fabian played a school teacher fighting the evils of the marijuana trade. He returned to racing car dramas with ''[[The Wild Racers]]'' (1968), partly financed by [[Roger Corman]] and shot in Europe. This was not a big hit on release but has developed a cult following; [[Quentin Tarantino]] described it as his favorite racing car movie.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://f1socialdiary.com/2013/08/21/quentin-tarantino-my-favourite-racing-movies/|title=QUENTIN TARANTINO: MY FAVOURITE RACING MOVIES|work=F1 Social Diary|date=August 21, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2014|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707073733/http://f1socialdiary.com/2013/08/21/quentin-tarantino-my-favourite-racing-movies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Devil's 8]]'' (1968) was an AIP rip-off of ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (with a script co-written by [[John Milius]]). His seventh and final film for the studio was ''[[A Bullet for Pretty Boy]]'' (1970). Fabian also played [[John Ashley (bandit)|Josh Ashley]] in ''[[Little Laura and Big John]]'' (1973) for [[Crown International Pictures]]. He performed in ''John Loves Mary'' in summer stock in 1962.<ref name="bus"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Age Can't Wither|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 29, 1965|page=C11}}</ref>
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