The Green Helmet
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Cast & Crew
Michael Forlong
Bill Travers
Ed Begley
Sidney James
Nancy Walters
Ursula Jeans
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Greg Rafferty, an aging English racing driver whose nerves and reputation are beginning to suffer from a series of bad crashes, agrees to race for Bartell, a wealthy American who wants to promote his brand of tires. The decision angers Greg's younger brother, Taz, who has promised their mother that he will not race until Greg has retired from the sport. At first Bartell's tires prove to be defective, and Greg is forced to use another brand to win the annual race at Sebring, Florida. Under the supervision of Greg's mechanic and navigator, Richie Launder, the tires are perfected. Greg, meanwhile, has fallen in love with Bartell's daughter, Diane, who also wants him to give up racing. On the eve of the big event at Italy's Mille Miglia, Greg and Richie make a test run in the new car Richie has designed. As they roar around a bend on the 1,000-mile stretch of treacherous road, they hit a patch of oil; and Richie is killed in the subsequent crash. Without a navigator, Greg feels that he must withdraw from the race. Taz, however, offers to substitute; and Greg, feeling duty-bound to win with Richie's car, agrees to drive. He wins the race; and as he embraces Diane, he decides to retire and give Taz his chance at racing.
Director
Michael Forlong
Cast
Bill Travers
Ed Begley
Sidney James
Nancy Walters
Ursula Jeans
Megs Jenkins
Sean Kelly
Tutte Lemkow
Gordon Tanner
Ferdy Mayne
Peter Collingwood
Roland Curram
Diane Clare
Harold Kasket
Lyn Cole
Glyn Houston
Jack Brabham
Roy Salvadori
Lucky Casner
John Coundley
Steve Ouvaroff
Mike Salmon
Crew
Jim Atkinson
Automobile Racing Club Of Florida
Ivy Baker
Bill Baldwin
Joseph Bato
John Bramall
British Racing Drivers Club
Liz Charles-williams
Frank Clarke
Jon Cleary
Gordon Daniel
Frank Drake
Geoffrey Faithfull
Maurice Gibson
Roy Gough
Irene Howard
Tom Howard
Joan Johnstone
Ken Jones
Alan Kinnock
Joan Kirk
Brian Knott
Ernie Lewis
Al Marcus
Edward Marshall
Pat Newman
Pgl Productions
Dickie Robinson
J. B. Smith
Stan Strangeway
Bernard Summerfield
Sydney Turner
Charles Vetter
A. W. Watkins
Gordon Wilkins
Alan Withy
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Racing sequences staged at Silverstone (England), Sebring (Florida), the Mille Miglia (Italy), and Le Mans (France). Released in Great Britain in May 1961.
