Speed (1936)

Action Drama Romance

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.

Updated May 27 2020

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US -

1936-05-08

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Keywords:

indianapolis mechanic indianapolis 500

FACTS

Runtime: 70 mins Rating: 6.1 Tag Line: A Mile a minute of fun and thrills!

Cast

James Stewart

Terry Martin

Una Merkel

Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

William Tannen

Intern Attending Terry

Walter Kingsford

Detective Doyle (uncredited)

George Chandler

'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance

Don Brodie

Track Official Telling Terry He Qualified

Charles Trowbridge

Doctor Attending Gadget

Ted Healy

Clarence Maxmillian 'Gadget' Haggerty