Race car driver becomes overprotective of his brother when he decides to become a racer as well..


Should you watch this? If you like 1930s gear-shifting chaos, then yeah, pull up a chair. If you need your racing movies to have, you know, actual physics or a coherent emotional arc, you’re gonna have a bad time. Cagney is Cagney—he’s vibrating with energy even when he’s just sitting in a car. The whole vibe is pure ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Howard Hawks

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"Should you watch this? If you like 1930s gear-shifting chaos, then yeah, pull up a chair. If you need your racing movies to have, you know, actual physics or a coherent emotional arc, you’re gonna have a bad time. Cagney is Cagney—he’s vibrating with energy even when he’s just sitting in a car. The whole vibe is pure pre-code frantic. It’s loud, it’s sweaty, and it feels like everyone involved had five cups of coffee before each take. The Racing Scenes The car scenes are wild. They aren’t like..."

Ralph Dunn
Howard Hawks, Seton I. Miller, John Bright, Niven Busch, Kubec Glasmon
United States

