The Devil On Wheels

The Devil On Wheels

67 mins | Drama | Feb. 15, 1947

American-International did not invent the juvenile delinquents-jalopies-reckless driving-hot rodders-build it at home-chicken playing genre of movies. PRC and Monogram started churning them out in the mid-forties as part of their let-this-be-a-lesson-to-you genre, preceded by the zoot-suiter and jitter-buggers films, which was better than the social guidance films teen-agers were being overdosed on at school. PRC did at least use card-carrying members of SAG. This one is a sermon against speeding, and Darryl Hickman has it brought straight home to him when he side-swipes a car and causes a collision in which his best friend is killed---the fate of all best friends in juvenile-theme movies including "Rebel Without a Cause"--- and his mother is injured. Lots of lecturing precedes and follows.

The Devil On Wheels

67 mins | Drama | Feb. 15, 1947

The Devil On Wheels
American-International did not invent the juvenile delinquents-jalopies-reckless driving-hot rodders-build it at home-chicken playing genre of movies. PRC and Monogram started churning them out in the mid-forties as part of their let-this-be-a-lesson-to-you genre, preceded by the zoot-suiter and jitter-buggers films, which was better than the social guidance films teen-agers were being overdosed on at school. PRC did at least use card-carrying members of SAG. This one is a sermon against speeding, and Darryl Hickman has it brought straight home to him when he side-swipes a car and causes a collision in which his best friend is killed---the fate of all best friends in juvenile-theme movies including "Rebel Without a Cause"--- and his mother is injured. Lots of lecturing precedes and follows.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
Original title The Devil On Wheels
Directors Crane Wilbur
Writers Tony Sargent, Crane Wilbur

Cast

Noreen Nash

as Sue Tanner

Darryl Hickman

as Michael 'Micky' Clark

Terry Moore

as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)

James Cardwell

as Jeff Clark

Damian O'Flynn

as John Clark

Lenita Lane

as Mrs. Clark

William Forrest

as Judge Roger Tanner

Sue England

as Peggy Andrews

Robert Arthur

as Todd Powell

Ann Burr

as Judy Clark

John Hamilton

as Mr. Davis