High Explosive

Summary Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way. View more details

High Explosive

Directed : Frank McDonald

Written : Joseph Hoffman Howard J. Green Maxwell Shane

Stars : Barry Sullivan Chester Morris Jean Parker Ralph Sanford

6.3

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Mar 26, 1943

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Pine-Thomas Productions

Summary Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Mar 26, 1943

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Pine-Thomas Productions

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