Product Description

A hot-shot race car driver suffers from guilt after he accidentally kills his sweetheart's brother in a competition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142457 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

Customer Reviews

The Need For Speed
From 1939 to 1941, the acting duo of Richard Arlen and Andy Devine cranked out 14 adventure films for Universal Pictures. This 1940 flick takes them to the world of auto racing and has scenes that showcase the famous stunt-driver Lucky Teeter.

Arlen portrays a fictional daredevil racer/test driver, Lucky Taylor, who is initially blamed for a fiery on-track accident that kills another driver; who just happens to be the brother of his love interest, Pat O'Shea (Peggy Moran). In the ill-fated hot-rod was an experimental oil-fueled engine invented by Pat's father, Pop (Herbert Cothrell), which now appears doomed to never be used again.

Taylor - and his ace mechanic (Devine) - then go about trying to clear his name with the racing officials and win back Pat, while literally picking up the pieces of Pop's revolutionary motor and prove that the technology can work in the grueling events. And nothing beats a rivalry on the track and Taylor has that with the headline grabbing Bruce Cowley (Jack Arnold).

Produced by Ben Pivar, it is a neat nostalgic piece that is worth the price of admission for racing enthusiasts who are searching for footage of the legendary Lucky Teeter.