Speed

Overview

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.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin

Top cast

James Stewart

Terry Martin

Wendy Barrie

Jane Mitchell

Una Merkel

Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

Weldon Heyburn

Frank Lawson

Ted Healy

Clarence Maxmillian 'Gadget' Haggerty

Ralph Morgan

Mr. Dean

Patricia Wilder

Fanny Lane, a Secretary

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Ernie Alexander

Waiter Telling of Barn Dance

Don Brodie

Track Official Telling Terry He Qualified

George Chandler

'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance

Jack Rube Clifford

Master of Ceremonies

Bess Flowers

Extra at Company Dance

June Gittelson

Woman at Barn Dance

Isabelle Keith

Nurse

Walter Kingsford

Uncle Edward Emery

Robert Livingston

George Saunders

William Tannen

Intern Attending Terry

Charles Trowbridge

Doctor Attending Gadget

Bess Flowers

Party Guest

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