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Motor Madness (film)

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Genre
  
Action, Drama, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Director
  
D. Ross Lederman

Costume design
  
Robert Kalloch

Language
  
English

Writer
  
Fred Niblo Jr.
,
Grace Neville

Release date
  
April 5, 1937 (1937-04-05)

Cast
  
Marc Lawrence, J. M. Kerrigan, Rosalind Keith, Joseph Allen, Richard Terry

Genres
  
Action Film, Romance Film, Drama film, Crime Fiction, Sports

Motor Madness is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman.

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Plot

After speedboat racing champion Joe Dunn wins a preliminary race, he is offered a bribe to deliberately lose the race for the championship. A fight ensues, Joe is jailed and his girlfriend, Peggy McNeil, replaces him in the race.

Peggy crashes the boat and is seriously injured. Joe gets out of jail and desperately seeks money to pay for an operation to save Peggy's life.

Cast

  • Joseph Allen as Joe Dunn (as Allen Brook)
  • Rosalind Keith as Peggy McNeil
  • J. M. Kerrigan as Henry John 'Cap' McNeil
  • Marc Lawrence as Gus Slater
  • Richard Terry as Nick Givens
  • Arthur Loft as 'Lucky' Leonard Raymond
  • Joe Sawyer as Steve Dolan (as Joseph Sawyer)
  • George Ernest as 'Pancho', Runaway Kid
  • Al Hill as Henchman Jeff Skinner
  • John Tyrrell as Pete Bailey
  • Ralph Byrd as C.P.O. Mike Burns

    • References

    Motor Madness (film) Wikipedia
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    Motor Madness (film) IMDb