The read
It runs a compact 1h 3m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank McDonaldDirector
- Maxwell ShaneScreenplay
- Howard J. GreenScreenplay
Cast
- Chester MorrisBuzz Mitchell
- Jean ParkerConnie Baker
- Barry SullivanMike Douglas
- Ralph SanfordSquinchy Andrews
- Rand BrooksJimmy Baker
- Dick PurcellDave
- Jack RandallJoe (as Allan Byron)
- Barbara LynnDoris Lynch
Stills
Themes
deceptionnitroglycerin