RACING IN THE MOVIES

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THE CROWD ROARS 1932 JAMES CAGNEY - JOAN BLONDELL - ANN DVORAK DIRECTED BY: HOWARD HAWKS 85 MINUTES B & W RE-MADE AS INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY IN 1939 3 GEARS

INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY 1939 PAT O'BRIEN - ANN SHERIDAN - JOHN PAYNE DIRECTED BY: LLOYD BACON 85 MINUTES B & W 3 GEARS

BORN TO SPEED 1947 JOHNNY SANDS - TERRY AUSTIN - DON CASTLE DIRECTED BY: EDWARD L. CAHN 61 MINUTES B & W PRC (PRODUCERS RELEASING CORPORATION) 3 GEARS

THE BIG WHEEL 1949 MICHEY ROONEY - THOMAS MITCHELL (I) - MICHAEL O'SHEA DIRECTED BY: EDWARD LUDWIG 88 MINUTES B & W ORIGINALLY RELEASED FEBRUARY 20, 1950 4 GEARS

TO PLEASE A LADY 1950 CLARK GABLE - BARBARA STANWYCK - LELA BLISS DIRECTED BY: CLARENCE BROWN (I) 91 MINUTES B & W 4 GEARS

DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD 1954 MICHEY ROONEY - DIANE FOSTER - STEVE BRODIE DIRECTED BY: RICHARD QUINE 82 MINUTES B & W 3 GEARS

RACE FOR LIFE (A.K.A MASK OF DUST) 1954 MARI ALDON - RICHARD CONTE - STIRLING MOSS DIRECTED BY: TERENCE FISHER 79 MINUTES B & W 3 GEARS

JOHNNY DARK 1954 TONY CURTIS - PIPER LAURIE - DON TAYLOR DIRECTED BY: GEORGE SHERMAN 85 MINUTES COLOUR 4 GEARS

THE RACERS (A.K.A SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS) 1955 KIRK DOUGLAS - CESAR ROMERO - LEE J. COBB DIRECTED BY: HENRY HATHAWAY COLOUR 5 GEARS

THE DEVILS HAIRPIN 1957 MARY ASTOR - CORNEL WILDE - JOHN BENSON (I) DIRECTED BY: CORNEL WILDE COLOUR ORIGINALLY RELEASED MAY 18, 1962 (5 YEARS AFTER FILMING) 3 GEARS

THUNDER IN CAROLINA 1960 RORY CALHOUN - ALAN HALE JR. - CONNIE HINES DIRECTED BY: PAUL HELMICK COLOUR ORIGINALLY RELEASED MAY 18, 1962 (2 YEARS AFTER FILMING) 3 GEARS

THE YOUNG RACERS 1963 MARK DAMON - WILLIAM CAMPBELL (I) - PATRICK MAGEE (I) DIRECTED BY: ROGER CORMAN SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR: FRANCIS COPPOLA 84 MINUTES COLOUR AIP (AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES) 4 GEARS

FIREBALL 500 1966 FRANKIE AVALON - JULIE PARISH - FABIAN DIRECTED BY: WILLIAM ASHER COLOUR AIP (AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES) ORIGINALLY RELEASED SEPTEMBER 22, 1967 4 GEARS

UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A.K.A A MAN AND A WOMAN) 1966 ANOUK AIMEE - SOUAD AMIDOU - JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT DIRECTED BY: CLAUDE Le LOUCH 102 MINUTES COLOUR ALLIED ARTISTS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AUGUST 23, 1966 5 GEARS

ACADEMY AWARD: BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BEST WRITING, STORY AND SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD: BEST ACTRESS - ANOUK AIMEE BEST DIRECTOR - CLAUDE Le LOUCH

GOLDON GLOBE AWARD: BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BEST ACTRESS - ANOUK AIMEE

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: BEST DIRECTOR - CLAUDE Le LOUCH

GRAND PRIX JAMES GARNER - EVA MARIE SAINT - YVES MONTAND 1966 APPEARANCES BY: GRAHAM HILL - PHIL HILL - CHRIS AMON LORNEZO BANDINI - JEAN-PIERRE BELTOISE - JOAKIM BONNIER JACK BRABHAM - KEN COSTILLO - JUAN MANUEL FANGIO NINO FARINA - PAUL FRERE - RICHIE GINTHER DAN GURNEY - DENNIS HULME - TONY LANFRANCHI GUY LIGIER - BRUCE McLAREN - MICHAEL PARKES ANDRE PILETTE - TEDDY PILETTE - PETER REVSON JOCHEN RINDT - JIM RUSSELL (I) - LUDOVICO SCARFIOTTI JO SCHLESSER - SKIP SCOTT - JO SIFFERT MIKE SPENCE DIRECTED BY: JOHN FRANKENHEIMER TECHNICAL ADVISOR: CAROLL SHELBY 175 MINUTES 65MM FILM IN SUPER PANAVISION 70 COLOUR 6 GEARS ORIGINALLY RELEASED MARCH 15, 1967

ACADEMY AWARD: BEST EFFECTS BEST SOUND EFFECTS BEST FILM EDITING BEST SOUND

FILMED ON LOCATION IN: MONZA, ITALY MONACO, MONTE CARLO ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE

THE WILD RACERS 1968 FABIAN - FABIENNE AREL - TALIA SHIRE DIRECTED BY: DANIEL HALLER (I) 83 MINUTES COLOUR AIP (AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES) ORIGINALL RELEASED MARCH 10, 1969 3 GEARS

WINNING 1969 PAUL NEWMAN - JOANNE WOODWARD - ROBERT WAGNER ALSO STARRING: BOBBY UNSER - TONY HULMAN DIRECTED BY: JAMES GOLDSTONE SUPERVISING RACE CONSULTANT: RODGER WARD 122 MINUTES COLOUR 5 GEARS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AUGUST 14, 1969

FILMED ON LOCATION IN: RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN

THE LAST AMERICAN HERO (A.K.A. HARD DRIVER) 1973 JEFF BRIDGES - NED BEATTY - GARY BUSEY DIRECTED BY: LAMONT JOHNSON (I) 95 MINUTES COLOUR ORIGINALL RELEASED APRIL 24, 1974 4 GEARS

Le MANS 1972 STEVE McQUEEN - SIEGFRIED RAUCH - ELGA ANDERSON DIRECTED BY: LEE H. KATZIN 108 MINUTES COLOUR SOLAR PRODUCTIONS 5 GEARS ORIGINALL RELEASED SEPTEMBER 23, 1971

DAYS OF THUNDER 1990 TOM CRUISE - ROBERT DUVALL - NICOLE KIDMAN ALSO STARRING: HARRY P. GANT - RUSTY WALLACE - RICHARD PETTY DIRECTED BY: TONY SCOTT 103 MINUTES COLOUR 3 GEARS ORIGINALL RELEASED SEPTEMBER 20, 1990

ACADEMY AWARD: BEST SOUND

GOOFS:

IN ONE OF THE DAYTONA RACES, ROWDEY PUSHES COLE INTO HARRY GANT AND SPINS HIM. DURING THE SPIN, A CAR SWITCHES FROM GANT #33 TO BRETT BODINE #26 IN THE HOSPITAL WHEELCHAIR RACE, COLE'S JACKET SLIPS DOWN TO HIS ELBOWS, BUT THEN SUDDENLEY RE-APPEARS ON HIS SHOULDERS. THE RACE AT ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA HAS THE BEGINNING OF THE SIGN THAT SAYS "DAYTONA USA" ON THE WALL ROWDY'S WIFE SAYS "HI, TOM" TO COLE TRICKLE PLAYED BY TOM CRUISE COLE SAY'S "THE ACCELERATOR IS STUCK" AND OTHER THINGS WITHOUT MOVING HIS LIPS THE HAT SWITCHES FROM UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TO UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THE TRACK AT PHOENIX IS A FLAT TRACK BUT THEY SHOW SOME FOOTAGE OF A HIGH BANKED TRACK COLE TRICKLE'S RED RING AROUND HIS EYE SWITCHES EYES AT THE END OF THE DAYTONA 500 RACE, COLE TRICKLE'S FACE IS HEAVILY BLACKENED WITH OIL, YET THE WINDSHIELD AND INTERIOR OF THE CAR ARE SPOTLESS COLE TRICKLE'S COLLAR IN THE DRESSING ROOM BEFORE THE DAYTONA 500 RACE HAS A VARIED CONTINUITY

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