Summaries

With the help of his mechanic buddy, an engineer, and the company's attractive new publicist, an automotive test driver struggles to develop a new carburetor by entering cars in the Indy 500 and speed trials at California's Muroc Dry Lake.

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.—Tony Fontana <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • damsel in distress
  • double feature film
  • race car accident
  • moroc dry lake california
  • publicity agent
Genres
  • Action
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Sport
Release date May 7, 1936
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 4790 W. 16th Street, Speedway, Indiana, USA
Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 10m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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