Directed by:
D. Ross LedermanCinematography:
Ted TetzlaffCast:
Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers, Wallace MacDonald, Mickey Rooney, Edward LeSaint, Ward Bond, Joe Bordeaux, Pat O'Malley, Eddy Chandler, Broderick O'Farrell, Eddie Foster, Dick Dickinson, Jim Farley (more)Plots(1)
Buck Jones took a break from his cowboy duties to play a speedway driver in this fast-paced action melodrama from Columbia Pictures. Jones plays Bill Toomey, a mechanic promising a fatally injured driver (Pat O'Malley) to care for his crippled son Buddy (Mickey Rooney). Through his girlfriend, automobile manufacturing heiress Peggy Preston (Loretta Sayers, Bill becomes a driver himself and is the favorite to win a $5000 purse, enough money to pay for an operation that will enable Buddy to walk. But the race is sabotaged by Tom Carlis (Wallace MacDonald), Old Man Preston's (William Walling) crooked business manager, who is secretly working for the competition. Bill is framed for the accident but nevertheless manages to secure a job as a policeman. In that capacity, he is able to track down the real culprits behind the fix, win the Big Race and help restore Buddy to perfect health. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
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