What's Your Hurry?
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sam Wood
Wallace Reid
Lois Wilson
Charles Ogle
Clarence Burton
Ernest Butterworth
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Dusty Rhoades is a winner at racing cars but is unable to win the consent of truck manufacturer Pat MacMurran to marry his daughter Virginia. Dusty strikes a bargain with Pat to make his Parko trucks famous in exchange for Virginia's hand in marriage. After several dismal attempts, Dusty hears that the Cabrillo dam is threatening to break and flood the valley. Recruiting racecar drivers to drive the trucks, Dusty loads the fleet with sand and explosives, travels impassible roads, reaches the dam, drives the truck into the breach and saves the valley, making the Parko trucks famous. On the spot, Pat offers Dusty Virginia, and the position of manager.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Wallace Reid
Lois Wilson
Charles Ogle
Clarence Burton
Ernest Butterworth
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
According to the Paramount studio records, the original title of Morgan's scenario was "Too Much Speed", which along with The Hippopotamus Parade were working titles of the film. In 1921, Morgan wrote a short story called "Too Much Speed," which was made into a film of the same name starring Wallace Reid. Morgan's scenario for the 1921 film used some of the same characters and basic situations as the 1920 film. According to studio records of 1944, Paramount re-made What's Your Hurry in 1927 under the title Man Power. Comparisons between the two plots, however, show few similarities.
