Speed

Speed

70 mins | Drama, Action, Romance | May 8, 1936

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.

Speed

70 mins | Drama, Action, Romance | May 8, 1936

Speed
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Speed
Directors Edwin L. Marin
Writers Milton Krims, Michael Fessier, Lawrence P. Bachmann

Cast

James Stewart

as Terry Martin

Wendy Barrie

as Jane Mitchell

Una Merkel

as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

Weldon Heyburn

as Frank Lawson

Ted Healy

as Clarence Maxmillian 'Gadget' Haggerty

Ralph Morgan

as Mr. Dean

Patricia Wilder

as Fanny Lane, a Secretary

Ernie Alexander

as Waiter Telling of Barn Dance

Don Brodie

as Track Official Telling Terry He Qualified

George Chandler

as 'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance

Jack Rube Clifford

as Master of Ceremonies

Bess Flowers

as Extra at Company Dance

June Gittelson

as Woman at Barn Dance

Isabelle Keith

as Nurse

Walter Kingsford

as Uncle Edward Emery

Robert Livingston

as George Saunders

William Tannen

as Intern Attending Terry

Charles Trowbridge

as Doctor Attending Gadget