Speed Crazy
Cast & Crew
William Hole Jr.
Brett Halsey
Yvonne Lime
Charles Wilcox
Slick Slavin
Jacqueline Ravell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Drifter and sports car racing enthusiast Nick Barrow kills an old man during a robbery and flees to a small town, where he becomes romantically involved with Laura, a café waitress. Learning of an upcoming auto race, Barrow, obsessed with speed, enters and wins. After a fistfight with Laura's boyfriend Tommy, Barrow moves on to another small town where he seeks anonymity working as a mechanic at an auto garage owned and run by the amiable Ace Benton. Ace's top mechanic is Hap Farley, who races against the wishes of his concerned sister, Linda. When Barrow begins flirting with Hap's girl friend, Peggy Hendrix, the mechanics quickly become enemies and Barrow vows to run Hap off the road in a future race. Barrow soon takes up with the fiery Gina Lombardi, unaware that the county sheriff has been trailing the old man's murderer by the tracks of the specialty racing tires on Barrow's car. When sensuous dancer Ella distracts Barrow, a jealous Gina reports to the sheriff that after learning of the tire investigation, Barrow changed those on his car. Meanwhile, at a big race, Barrow tries to force Hap off the track several times, but seeing the police closing in on him, panics and attempts to escape. The police pursue Barrow and eventually shoot out his tires, causing Barrow to lose control of the car, which plunges over a cliff.
Director
William Hole Jr.
Cast
Brett Halsey
Yvonne Lime
Charles Wilcox
Slick Slavin
Jacqueline Ravell
Baynes Barron
Regina Gleason
Keith Byron
Charlotte Fletcher
Jackie Joseph
Vic Marlo
Robert Swan
Mark Sheeler
Troy Patterson
Lucita
Eddie Durkin
Crew
Paul S. Bailey
Irving Berlin
Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein
Gabriel De Caesar
Richard B. Duckett
M. E. M. Gibsone
Ernest Haller
Dick Lasalle
Herman Lewis
Herbert G. Luft
Gale Mcgarry
Richard Siegel
Slick Slavin
Harry Thomas
Jack Voglin
George Waters
Roger J. Weinberg
James West
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to reviews and a production sheet contained in the AMPAS Library file on the film, actor-composer Slick Slavin sang the title song within the film.
