1h 1min | Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller | 2 February 1940 (USA)
During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance to win races, but the racing association has banned it since the accident. He devises a scheme to have a car equipped with the engine entered into a race, without race officials--or the engine designer's sassy daughter--finding out about it.
Director: Christy Cabanne
Writers: Ben Pivar, Maurice Tombragel
Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran
During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance to win races, but the racing association has banned it since the accident. He devises a scheme to have a car equipped with the engine entered into a race, without race officials--or the engine designer's sassy daughter--finding out about it.
Director: Christy Cabanne
Writers: Ben Pivar, Maurice Tombragel
Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran
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00:04:00I think the great Lucky Taylor's luck's gonna change at last.
00:04:03All right, break it up. That's all for today.
00:04:07Have the boys over at the track tomorrow, two hours before showtime.
00:04:10I want a last-minute checkup on all the cars.
00:04:14Okay, Lucky.
00:04:17I don't have to tolerate such impudence, and I won't.
00:04:20I want him fired.
00:04:22You sent for me, Mr. Allen?
00:04:24Yes.
00:04:25I've heard some very uncomplimentary things about you, Taylor.
00:04:27Your daughter?
00:04:28Of course.
00:04:29Not as much.
00:04:31I brought you out here to test automobiles,
00:04:33not to go out of your way to be insulting.
00:04:35Such conduct is inexcusable.
00:04:38Why, in all my 19 years as president...
00:04:40I was supposed to say I'm sorry we're wasting time.
00:04:42I've got a lot of work to do.
00:04:43Just a moment, young man.
00:04:44I want you to understand that courtesy is exercised
00:04:47just as strictly in the Atlas Company as on the highway.
00:04:50Well, if that's the case, Mr. Allen,
00:04:52I'll be very glad to accept your daughter's apology.
00:04:55You see, Dad, it's just as I told you.
00:04:57Well, what are you standing there for?
00:04:59I know, I'm fired.
00:05:04Well, that's that.
00:05:05So long, Dad.
00:05:07Pardon. Pardon.
00:05:09Yes, sir.
00:05:09I want you to stop Taylor before he gets out of this building.
00:05:12Stop him.
00:05:12I want you to have him get right back on the job.
00:05:14On the job.
00:05:14Tell him he's going to get a $25 a week raise.
00:05:17Oh, you'll like that.
00:05:18Yes.
00:05:19Oh, I'm sorry.
00:05:20But, Dad...
00:05:20No, I can't fire him, June.
00:05:23The Atlas car needs him for the test-driving demonstration
00:05:25at the fair tomorrow.
00:05:26And besides, he makes for the kind of publicity
00:05:28that sells automobiles.
00:05:30Larry Taylor?
00:05:31Yes, certainly.
00:05:32I understand, Mr. Parker.
00:05:34Yes, Mr. Parker.
00:05:37Yes, Mr. Parker, I will.
00:05:39Yes.
00:05:39Yes, I understand, Mr. Parker.
00:05:41Wait.
00:05:41Wait.
00:05:42Yes, Mr. Parker.
00:05:44Are you Mr. Taylor?
00:05:45Oh, that's all right.
00:05:46Just call me Larry.
00:05:47Well, Mr. Allen's secretary just phoned me
00:05:49to tell you that you still have your job and...
00:05:52Oh, yes, the $25 a week raise.
00:05:53Would you say that again, lady?
00:05:55Mr. Allen's secretary told me...
00:05:57I got it.
00:05:57I got it.
00:06:08Come on, let's celebrate.
00:06:10No, thank you.
00:06:10I have a date.
00:06:11Well, break it.
00:06:12Well, of all the nerve.
00:06:13Hey, smoke should burn easy.
00:06:18Now, wait a minute.
00:06:19We'll have a swell steak, dear,
00:06:20and then go someplace and dance.
00:06:22Fortunately, I'm not required to be polite
00:06:24to fresh people after hours.
00:06:25Good evening, Mr. Mr...
00:06:27Fresh.
00:06:30Hello, darling.
00:06:31Hiya, Pat.
00:06:34So long, guppy.
00:06:35See you tonight.
00:06:42Hey, you still here?
00:06:43I thought you'd left town already.
00:06:45Nah.
00:06:46Settled for a $25 a week raise.
00:06:49What's the idea of a swell-looking dame
00:06:51running off with a fogey old enough to be her father?
00:06:53Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:06:55It isn't funny to me.
00:06:57Well, that is her father, no kidding.
00:06:58That's Pop O'Shea.
00:07:00He's the one that's been helping me
00:07:01with that oil-burning motor I was telling you about.
00:07:04Is that so?
00:07:06Hey, that interests me.
00:07:07Oh, sometime, if you're not doing anything,
00:07:10why, come on over to the house.
00:07:11Hey, I might do that.
00:07:12Sure, any time.
00:07:14Pop's garage is right in back of Esme's boarding house.
00:07:17That's where we all live.
00:07:19Does, uh, Pop's daughter live there, too?
00:07:23Uh-huh.
00:07:26What'd you say the address was?
00:07:27413 Grove Street.
00:07:33Gosh, I, I, I didn't expect to see you so soon.
00:07:36Well, I, uh, I didn't have anything better to do,
00:07:40so I thought I'd drop over and see you.
00:07:42Well, uh, well, where we should go.
00:07:47You see, Pop's awful funny, and, well,
00:07:49he thinks I ought to keep my invention a secret.
00:07:52Well, he's a fine mechanic, and, well,
00:07:54I wouldn't want him to get mad at me and walk out.
00:07:58Why the funny get-up?
00:07:59Are you a kitchen mechanic, too?
00:08:01What?
00:08:03Oh, this?
00:08:04Well, you know, oil and splashes.
00:08:06Oh, sure.
00:08:09You come back here and get these dishes cleared off.
00:08:11And don't you set one foot out until you've done
00:08:13every last one of those dishes.
00:08:15But Esme, I was...
00:08:16None of your back talk.
00:08:17You do as I say.
00:08:18Esme.
00:08:19I just let her get away talking like that,
00:08:22because, well, it makes her happy.
00:08:24The wife?
00:08:25No, that's Esme, the landlady.
00:08:27We're engaged.
00:08:29What?
00:08:30And she makes you wash the dishes already,
00:08:32and you're not even married?
00:08:33Oh, well, you got it figured out all wrong.
00:08:35You see, when I first came here, I was stone-broken.
00:08:38Well, Esme said it'd cost me an extra dollar a day
00:08:40for my board and room if I didn't do the dishes.
00:08:43Well, that was quite a thing.
00:08:45Oh, it sure was.
00:08:46Now, you know, I've got a wife, too.
00:08:48Oh, it sure was.
00:08:49Now, you figure it out.
00:08:50There's seven days in a week.
00:08:51That's $7.
00:08:52That's $365 a year.
00:08:55Now, in 10 years, that's $3,650.
00:08:59And in 50 years, that's $18,250.
00:09:03Now, where am I going to get $18,250?
00:09:05Oh, Scuffy, you really got a problem there.
00:09:07Oh, I sure have.
00:09:08Well, while you think about it, I'll go in and finish,
00:09:10and then we'll go out and see her.
00:09:12Her?
00:09:13Sure, my oil burner.
00:09:14Jeffrey!
00:09:15Yee-haw!
00:09:23Oh, it's you again.
00:09:25Yes, ma'am.
00:09:26Mr. Fresh.
00:09:28Scuffy asked me over to take a look at a motorist building.
00:09:31But between you and me, I can think of a lot of nicer things
00:09:33to look at.
00:09:35So sorry our interests aren't mutual.
00:09:37Now, if you'll let me pass.
00:09:46Hey, you'll get depressed staring into space like that.
00:09:50I decked the dishes.
00:09:51Come on, we'll go look at the motor.
00:09:52Shh.
00:10:00Easy, man.
00:10:01Easy.
00:10:05Don't keep following me.
00:10:07I'll get you.
00:10:08I'll get you.
00:10:09I'll get you.
00:10:10I'll get you.
00:10:11I'll get you.
00:10:12I'll get you.
00:10:13I'll get you.
00:10:14I'll get you.
00:10:15Oh, you readied your toilet seat, sweetie?
00:10:18Yes.
00:10:23Hey Pop!
00:10:24I want you to meet...
00:10:26I might be getting along in years.
00:10:29But I'll have you know, it's not the deepness that's come on me yet.
00:10:33Now what is it me, Bucko?
00:10:34Well, I want you to meet a friend of mine.
00:10:37What's the idea of bringing a total stranger in here
00:10:40on the night before the race?
00:10:41Oh, but Pop, he ain't a stranger.
00:10:44Well, can't a man be a thief with a name like that?
00:10:47Now look, before you start slinging any more names around,
00:10:50I want to tell you that I'm not the least bit interested in this camp.
00:10:53Oh, he's okay, Pop, but that's lucky Larry Taylor.
00:10:56You know, the guy that smashes all the cars and records.
00:10:58Sure, it's just as Eddie says, Pop. He don't mean any harm.
00:11:02You know how it is, Larry.
00:11:04When a man gives 20 of the best years of his life perfecting a thing of beauty,
00:11:09he don't like to see it taken away from him.
00:11:12Because of a numskull who uses his head to scratch matches on.
00:11:18Me?
00:11:20I know how it is, Pop.
00:11:22You see, Guppy here practically insisted that I come over and meet the O'Shea family.
00:11:26Now that I'm here, I...
00:11:28Oh, beg your pardon. This is my daughter, Patricia.
00:11:31Darling, this is Lucky Larry Taylor.
00:11:35Not the great Lucky Taylor.
00:11:37Well, how do you do?
00:11:40Right now, not so good.
00:11:42Really?
00:11:43Perhaps if you'd use your brains normally instead of just something to fall on, you might do better.
00:11:49I'm Eddie Dodd.
00:11:51I've always wanted to meet you, Mr. Taylor.
00:11:53It's Eddie here who's driving my car in the big race at the fairgrounds tomorrow.
00:11:57Good luck, kid.
00:11:58Thanks, Mr. Taylor.
00:11:59Say, maybe you could give me a few pointers.
00:12:01No, you're talking to the wrong guy.
00:12:03When I risk my neck, I do it all by myself.
00:12:05I don't want 16 other slug nuts running their cars up and down the back of my neck.
00:12:09All you gotta do, Eddie, is to get out in front and stay there.
00:12:13That's the same thing Bruce Crowley says, but with him in the race, how are we both gonna do it?
00:12:16It isn't as simple as all that.
00:12:18You gotta keep her right side up.
00:12:20Have a feel for the wheel and have a motor as dependable as your mother.
00:12:23A motor? Say, we got a motor. The O'Shea Special.
00:12:26She's the fastest thing in the country. Burns oil instead of gas.
00:12:32I think I better let Pop tell you about it. He knows more than I do.
00:12:36What is there left to tell, you pot walloper?
00:12:41Jeffrey!
00:12:50Bad enough to have to listen to the rattling of camshafts and pistons all night long,
00:12:54but I'm not gonna lose another night's sleep by a thing full of dishes.
00:12:56Oh, now, Esme, you're gonna make a kitchen mechanic out of me.
00:13:02Poor Esme. She wouldn't be happy if she wasn't mad at somebody.
00:13:05Which is a woman's natural state.
00:13:07If it's an argument you're going to have, outside with the both of you.
00:13:11Eddie and I have work to do.
00:13:15Well, your Pop okayed it.
00:13:17What about that date tonight?
00:13:19If you don't mind, I'd rather stay home and look at last week's funnies.
00:13:23They're not quite so silly and far more amusing.
00:13:36And in closing,
00:13:38I want to impress upon all you boys
00:13:40the importance of proving to the world
00:13:42that the Atlas car is still the finest on the market.
00:13:49And the demonstration that you give today
00:13:51will depend largely upon your own spirit.
00:13:54The Atlas car is still the finest on the market.
00:13:57And the demonstration that you give today
00:14:00will depend largely upon your own spirit.
00:14:03The Atlas spirit of progress, initiative, and cooperation.
00:14:07Oh, speaking of cooperation reminds me
00:14:10that we have in our midst this year a newcomer.
00:14:14Lucky Larry Taylor.
00:14:16Hooray!
00:14:23Boys, I want you to make Lucky feel right at home.
00:14:26I want you to give him every assistance that you can
00:14:29in this dangerous work that he's about to do.
00:14:32And that's all, boys. See you at lunch.
00:14:35You've given them what he's worth, son.
00:14:37I'll try my best.
00:14:39But don't overdo it.
00:14:40You're becoming more valuable to us every day.
00:14:44Come one, come all, folks.
00:14:46This is Tom Hanlon
00:14:47inviting you to the Grover County Fair's free show.
00:14:51Hurry, hurry, hurry, folks.
00:14:54The big free show has already started
00:14:56and it's a show you won't want to miss.
00:14:59Remember, on a hot day like this,
00:15:01there's nothing so exhilarating as Gaviano's ice cream.
00:15:06One of Lucky Taylor's daredevils is winding up on the track.
00:15:09I mean, burning up the joint.
00:15:10No, I mean the fairway. Watch.
00:15:22The campfire boys on their way through.
00:15:27And here's what's known as the junk man's delight.
00:15:31The junk man's delight.
00:15:38Just a couple of Sunday drivers on their day off.
00:15:42And now, we give you Lucky Larry Taylor in person.
00:15:48Don't be nervous. I'll be right here if you need me.
00:15:51Thanks, Guppy.
00:15:55Come on, get him on his horse.
00:15:58You know.
00:16:00Lucky Taylor is now about to laugh in death's face
00:16:03as he hurls himself through flaming barriers at 80 miles an hour.
00:16:24All right, boys, we'll use the same car.
00:16:27Ladies and gentlemen, Lucky Taylor will now do a hop, skip, and a jump.
00:16:30He'll hop over a truck, skip over four cars, and jump over seven.
00:16:42Watch closely now, folks. He's going to the post.
00:16:45You mean to say he's going to jump that sedan over all those cars?
00:16:48He's at the starting point, and here he comes.
00:16:57There he goes.
00:17:03Taylor's trying hard to kill himself, folks, but don't be disappointed.
00:17:06There's more stunts coming up.
00:17:08Nice work, Larry.
00:17:09Nice work.
00:17:14There's the Atlas product for you. Not a dent in it.
00:17:19Replenish.
00:17:20And remember, folks, there's nothing so refreshing on a day like this
00:17:24as a dish of Gaviota's ice cream.
00:17:29And now, ladies and gentlemen,
00:17:30you are now about to witness a feat that requires not only daring,
00:17:34but a high degree of scientific skill.
00:17:37With a judgment and precision of which only Lucky Larry is capable,
00:17:41he will throw the Atlas sedan into a half roll.
00:17:44A half roll, mind you, bringing the car to a stop on its side.
00:17:49He seemed like such a sensible young man.
00:17:51And what's courage got to do with being sensible?
00:17:54But it's such a useless risk.
00:18:05On a perfect average.
00:18:12Now, Linda, are you that anxious that the laddies should come through without a scratch?
00:18:16Well, if the silly fool wants to kill himself, why should I worry?
00:18:22You all right, Lucky?
00:18:23Yeah.
00:18:24Here, have a cigarette.
00:18:25No, thanks. I got one more to do.
00:18:27All right, boys, ride her up.
00:18:30Next comes Taylor's famous cyclone roll.
00:18:32And the cyclone roll is exactly what the name implies.
00:18:35I hope Guppy isn't going to try to do that.
00:18:40Hang on to your seat, folks. Here he comes.
00:18:48He's going to try again without even stopping.
00:18:50I guess the cyclone wasn't whirling enough.
00:18:52Ladies and gentlemen, please keep off the track.
00:18:56We cannot be responsible if Lucky's car gets out of control during this final stunt.
00:19:02Hang on. Hold on. Watch it. Here he comes.
00:19:21Are you all right? You didn't get hurt, did you, Lucky?
00:19:24No, not a bit.
00:19:26Don't change around. Have that cigarette now, Guppy.
00:19:28All right.
00:19:36What are you shaking about?
00:19:37Oh, I just got through fixing the watch.
00:19:42Let's put on a nose break. What do you say?
00:19:44All right. I don't think I can eat anything.
00:19:51Be back in a minute.
00:19:53I'll wait right here for you.
00:19:59Well, Miss O'Shea, how'd you like it?
00:20:02I came here to see a race, not to oppose a man who's come to killing himself.
00:20:06That girl Lucky's talking to looks familiar. Who is she?
00:20:10She's a receptionist at your dad's office.
00:20:12Oh, yes.
00:20:14Now, look, I've been doing this for over ten years.
00:20:16And in all that time, there's been only two serious accidents.
00:20:19That's more than you can say for auto racing.
00:20:22Tell you what I'll do.
00:20:23If you'll promise to have dinner with me tonight,
00:20:25I'll promise to cut the most dangerous stunt I have scheduled.
00:20:28What do you say?
00:20:30Oh, I won't have people say I was responsible for killing a man.
00:20:33Swell. I'll see you tonight.
00:20:41The tailor's about to enter.
00:20:43Now, remember what I told you. Turn loud and very front.
00:20:59Thank you, boys. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:21:03Come on, boys, let's drown them out with a cheer for Lucky.
00:21:20Who threw that?
00:21:27Who threw that?
00:21:29So I did. What about it?
00:21:32Oh, I forgot. You didn't have one in your helmet.
00:21:35Did it hurt our little daredevil hero?
00:21:37Not half.
00:21:39Not half as much as it's gonna hurt you.
00:21:45Well, you want more, don't you?
00:21:50Okay, stand back, fellas, and fair play.
00:21:58Hey, don't you push, guppy.
00:21:59I don't like your face.
00:22:20Let me go. Let me go.
00:22:29Boys, boys.
00:22:31You've had your fun. Get out.
00:22:36Where's Crowley?
00:22:38Where's Crowley?
00:22:40He's part of them.
00:22:43Crowley, get up here. Hurry up.
00:22:46Can I give you a hand, old boy?
00:22:47What's been going on here?
00:22:49Oh, we were kidding Taylor, and he couldn't take it, so he took a poke at me.
00:22:52Yeah, so I see.
00:22:53Taylor?
00:22:54Mr. Allen, this company isn't big enough for both Taylor and me.
00:22:56Either he goes or I go.
00:22:57Young man, that sounds like an ultimatum.
00:23:00You know, you caused me more trouble than a boatload of panthers, didn't you?
00:23:03Me?
00:23:04Yes, you.
00:23:05What do you mean by beating up my driver an hour before the race?
00:23:07He's been skidding around those dirt tracks so long, he's been busy.
00:23:10I'm telling you, if you don't get rid of this smart guy, I'm handing in my resignation.
00:23:13Resignation? And when does that go into effect?
00:23:15Starting right now, if he stays.
00:23:17Starting right now, you'll get your time.
00:23:19Yes, you're through.
00:23:21All right, that suits me.
00:23:23Better put a piece of raw meat on that eye.
00:23:26Perhaps it's better to have him quit right now than in the middle of the race.
00:23:29Yes, sir.
00:23:30Mr. Allen, if it's all the same to you...
00:23:33See, you're not going to quit too.
00:23:35Oh, I thought maybe I could help you out of a spot by driving that race car for you.
00:23:38Know anything about racing?
00:23:40Enough to know that it takes more skill to skid them on their tops than to barrel them around turns on all four wheels.
00:23:44Jones, do you think you can do it?
00:23:46That's one way of finding out.
00:23:47All right, young man, it's settled. You report to the pit.
00:23:50Yes, sir.
00:23:52Maybe I should have had him driving for me in the first place.
00:23:55Yes, I am.
00:23:56Yes, he's got what it takes.
00:23:58Yes, I am.
00:24:10Attention, please.
00:24:11We have a last-minute announcement to make.
00:24:14In the 20-lap main event coming up, Lucky Taylor replaces Bruce Crowley in the Atlas Special.
00:24:19Taylor replacing Crowley in the Atlas Special.
00:24:23I thought you said Larry was rooting for us.
00:24:25Oh, he can't help it. The old man forced him into it.
00:24:29Hey, you better take it easy with that cigarette. You'll swallow it.
00:24:32No, I'm not nervous.
00:24:33Oh, no, no, no.
00:24:36Pass the word around to the boys.
00:24:37Sure.
00:24:38Say, we'll box Taylor up so tight he won't be able to snap his fingers.
00:24:41And another thing I want to tell you, I found, here he comes.
00:24:45All cars on the track in the order of qualification.
00:24:48All right, boys, let's get her on the track.
00:24:50Let's go.
00:24:51Get some beats on her.
00:24:55Good luck, Eddie.
00:24:56Thanks.
00:25:01Hey, Lucky, I hope my smoke don't bother you.
00:25:04Okay, Governor.
00:25:05Start them rolling, boys.
00:25:07And hold those pacing positions until you get the flag.
00:25:10All right, boys, give me a shout.
00:25:13Come on, what's eating you? Let's go.
00:25:19The Grover County Speed Classic is about to start.
00:25:22The track being much faster than last year, we're due for a thrilling race.
00:25:31I don't want you to cut your fingers, Crowley.
00:25:33I don't want you to cut your fingers, Crowley.
00:25:35This is good luck for Eddie.
00:25:42Take the flag for the start.
00:25:45Their positions are good.
00:25:46Looks like this is it.
00:25:47Hold on now.
00:25:48Yes, it is.
00:25:50The start is good.
00:26:00Four and one are at the front.
00:26:02Pete Hayes is driving number four.
00:26:04Lucky Taylor, number one, the Atlas Special.
00:26:07The O'Shea Special, number six, is bringing up the rear.
00:26:22Taylor, number one, and Hayes and number four are holding the lead.
00:26:25Eddie Dodds, the number six, is moving up back.
00:26:29Well, Eddie's moving up with the rest of them.
00:26:31He's a brave lad, Eddie is.
00:26:46Vic has gone into a skid on that dangerous left turn.
00:26:49He's bounced off the fence and lost a wheel.
00:26:51Eddie Dodds and the O'Shea Special is driving dangerously fast.
00:26:54He's trying to pass.
00:26:55Uh-oh.
00:27:02He's going into the turns too fast.
00:27:05He sure straightened that one out all right.
00:27:23That's Buddy Clark in flames.
00:27:25He took a nasty skid and rolled over at the top of the track.
00:27:28Looks badly hurt.
00:27:34That's the kind of danger our oil burner will eliminate.
00:27:41Keep your eyes on that Atlas Special.
00:27:43With Lucky Taylor, the stunt driver, at the wheel, we can expect anything.
00:27:51What a race!
00:27:52What speed!
00:27:53What a race!
00:27:54What speed!
00:27:55The car stands already slippery as glass.
00:28:12It is hardly hard to get around, but Cass might make it.
00:28:24Eddie Dodds, that spunky kid in the O'Shea oil burner is moving up again.
00:28:27Whoa!
00:28:33Keep her going, boy!
00:28:53Lost a complete lap in that spin.
00:28:54The number one and four are coming up on him.
00:28:56He's riding away and they're trying to pass him.
00:28:58Maybe Eddie Dodds and Pete Hayes don't know it, but they've got Lucky Taylor really boxed in.
00:29:05He couldn't get out of there with a can opener.
00:29:13I don't think Lucky Taylor's going to stand it for that long.
00:29:19Somebody's going to have to give way.
00:29:23They're going at those turns awfully fast.
00:29:25Anything can happen.
00:29:29It looks like six will have to give way.
00:29:41Taylor's out forcing past, resulting in the worst outcome I've ever seen.
00:29:44The Atlas Special has lost a wheel.
00:29:46Eddie Dodds went through the vents.
00:29:47The O'Shea oil burner, a complete wreck.
00:29:49Taylor's coming to rest against the inside rail.
00:29:51He's out of the race completely.
00:29:53Number 12, Terry Turtles, bidding the driver.
00:29:55They've gotten Eddie Dodds out of the wreckage and are ripping.
00:30:21I don't know whether you followed that boy or not.
00:30:37You know, I'd like to think that you didn't.
00:30:39But personally, I'd say that for the present, you'd better stick to test driving.
00:30:42All right, Mr. Allen, you're the boss.
00:30:44But I still think I can drive a race car as well as anybody in the business.
00:30:47We'll see.
00:30:49You know, I wouldn't like to make the same mistake twice.
00:30:52I understand.
00:30:57Oh, hello, Lucky.
00:30:59I didn't get a chance to tell you how sorry I am that...
00:31:01Thanks, Miss Allen.
00:31:02But I'd rather not talk about it.
00:31:09I hope you weren't too hard on the dear boy, Dad.
00:31:24Well, the old man was pretty nice about it.
00:31:27Probably hurt him more than it did me.
00:31:29Yes, you seem to make a habit of going around hurting people.
00:31:33I suppose it means nothing to you that you put my father in a sickbed.
00:31:37Pat, she don't think that...
00:31:38And you don't seem to be very much concerned about sending a young boy to his death.
00:31:42What? You too?
00:31:43I guess one life more or less doesn't really mean much.
00:31:48If you stop to figure out things like that, you're sunk.
00:31:51Yes, I know. Being hard is your business.
00:31:55But I guess I happen to be sentimental about that sort of thing.
00:32:00Lucky.
00:32:02Just a minute, Lucky.
00:32:03Well, I didn't expect to see you so soon again.
00:32:06Why, you are a man of quick moods, aren't you?
00:32:09Turn him on and off like that.
00:32:11Can I drop you somewhere?
00:32:16Let's go.
00:32:28You know, Dad's desperately in need of a driver for the international speed class.
00:32:31What's that got to do with me?
00:32:33Well, I might be able to convince him how indispensable you are to him.
00:32:36Why this sudden interest in me?
00:32:38Really? You underestimate yourself.
00:32:41Come on, get in.
00:32:42No, thanks.
00:32:44My car's parked just in back of yours.
00:32:46Oh, I see.
00:32:53Try driving an Atlas, not a crash in a car load.
00:33:21Okay, Larry.
00:33:25Sorry we had to give you such an old model, Taylor.
00:33:27But the old man figured if the glass holds up in this frame, it'll withstand any impact.
00:33:32You wouldn't be trying to economize by any chance, would you, Mr. Jones?
00:33:35What do you mean, economize? With the bonus you're getting?
00:33:38When you run out of these old cars.
00:33:44Say, Larry, I'm awful glad you were clear of Eddie's accident.
00:33:49And I've been wanting to tell you that, well, I didn't think you were to blame in the first place.
00:33:52Thanks, fella.
00:33:53But you could sound a little more convincing about it.
00:33:56What'd Pat have to say?
00:33:57Oh, she hasn't had much to say about anything here lately.
00:34:01Why, what's the matter?
00:34:02Oh, it's old Pop.
00:34:03Ever since Eddie was killed, well, he's been sick in bed and all broke up about it.
00:34:08And then on top of that, they barred his oil burner off the track.
00:34:11Gee, that's tough.
00:34:13Maybe we can figure something out.
00:34:15Oh, I don't know.
00:34:17Old Pop can't figure out what blew off that cylinder head.
00:34:20I don't think we can.
00:34:22Well, he's already entered last year's gas buggy in the international race.
00:34:26And to make matters worse, he's got Bruce Crowley to drive it for him.
00:34:30Bruce Crowley?
00:34:31Uh-huh.
00:34:32Boy, that is bad.
00:34:33Come on, Taylor, let's go.
00:34:34Come on, come on.
00:34:47You all right, Larry?
00:34:58Yeah.
00:34:59Phew.
00:35:00Good work, Taylor.
00:35:01Stood the impact like a piece of steel.
00:35:02You bet it did.
00:35:03And it jolted me right into a terrific idea.
00:35:06Got it.
00:35:07Didn't you tell me the only thing wrong with Pat's motor was a broken head?
00:35:09Uh-huh, that's all.
00:35:11Mr. Jones, what are the chances of this company financing an oil-burning motor?
00:35:14Pretty slim, I'd say.
00:35:15What's the matter with you guys?
00:35:16Haven't you got any vision at all?
00:35:18Don't you realize it'll make cars run cheaper, safer, and easier?
00:35:21We find gasoline engines quite adequate.
00:35:24Oh, stick around, fella.
00:35:26We'll have Pop in his feet in no time.
00:35:28Uh, you wouldn't be trying to sweep the dog off her feet, would you?
00:35:33Uh-huh.
00:35:37We'll get the jump on every other company in the business.
00:35:39If it works.
00:35:40If it works, all that engine needs is a cylinder head and tie bolts of a greater tensile strength.
00:35:43It must work.
00:35:44It sounds reasonable.
00:35:45I think we should try it.
00:35:46It may sound reasonable to us, but I doubt very much whether we could convince our board of directors.
00:35:49You know, this came up once before, and you remember the reception it got.
00:35:52Yeah, that's right.
00:35:53You know, it's quite a problem if we could only prove it with a practical demonstration.
00:35:57Look, the International Speed Classics are coming up next month.
00:35:59But any oil-burning motor is an outlawed product as far as racing is concerned.
00:36:02I got it all figured out.
00:36:04Listen, this isn't going to interfere with your driving our car in that race.
00:36:08No, that's all part of the plan.
00:36:09All I want to get from you is an okay to go ahead.
00:36:11I don't know what we're letting ourselves in for, but if it works, it's worthwhile.
00:36:18This is a chance of a lifetime.
00:36:20You can't give up now.
00:36:22Well, I'm not going to let you do it.
00:36:24Why should you sacrifice something that you've worked on for so many years?
00:36:27It's the pride of my life, that motor was.
00:36:30And she betrayed me.
00:36:32Maybe if we sell her, it'll be better for all of us.
00:36:35Well, you can rest assured, if Lucky Taylor wants to buy it, there's something crooked about the whole thing.
00:36:40Oh, what's the matter with Lucky? He's a swell guy, and besides, he's crazy about you.
00:36:44Oh, yes, the only thing he's interested in is anything that'll put him in the limelight.
00:36:48Oh, what's the lad done to you that you should be sash with him?
00:36:52Well, it's...
00:36:54Oh, I don't trust him. He's just an opportunist.
00:36:57You gave me a half-interest in this invention, and I won't let you do any business with Lucky Taylor.
00:37:03Here he is now.
00:37:05Hiya, Lucky.
00:37:07I just ran to the second floor front. The bed has to be made.
00:37:09I'm in a big business deal. I ain't got no time to make beds.
00:37:13Well, you can have your choice. It's either the dinner dishes or the bedsheets, my love.
00:37:19Oh, all right.
00:37:22Pop, if you want me, I'll be up at the second floor front, just making another bed.
00:37:27I'm getting sick and tired of being a chambermaid.
00:37:30Don't give up, Guthrie. Stick up for your right.
00:37:33How are you feeling, Mr. O'Shea?
00:37:35Oh, fair to middle him.
00:37:37Have you come to a decision?
00:37:39Yes, we have, and the answer is no.
00:37:42Well, if it's a question of more money, why...
00:37:44Oh, it's not the money that's stopping me. It's a business partner.
00:37:49But, Mr. O'Shea, this is a chance in a million.
00:37:52Unlimited capital to back you up.
00:37:54You told me yourself it was just a question of finances.
00:37:57We can manage nicely without you, Mr. Taylor.
00:38:00And you're 18 bucks a week?
00:38:02Look here, Mr. Taylor. I don't like you, nor the things you do.
00:38:06And I've told you before, we don't care to do any business with you.
00:38:09Mr. O'Shea, you're not going to let a rattlebrained girl interfere at a time like this.
00:38:13I'll not have you referring to my daughter in such a tone under my own roof.
00:38:17I'll take care of this.
00:38:19I think you've done enough harm up to now.
00:38:22Will you please go?
00:38:25I guess we told that lad off in real style, didn't we, darling?
00:38:30Yes, Dad. You were marvelous.
00:38:38Boy, it fits like the paper on the wall.
00:38:40You couldn't blow that head off with a charge of dynamite.
00:38:42Oh, man. If Pop ever finds out we've been tinkering with this motor...
00:38:47Oh, I don't know why I had to do it.
00:38:50If he ever finds out we've been tinkering with this motor...
00:38:53Oh, I don't know why I had to get mixed up in this.
00:38:56Keep your big mouth shut. He never will find out.
00:38:58Well, I've been working so hard, I talk in my sleep.
00:39:01You sleep alone, don't you?
00:39:02Yeah, but that...
00:39:09You'd better hide.
00:39:12Beep, beep, beep.
00:39:18You all set for tomorrow, Guppy?
00:39:20Oh, sure it's all set.
00:39:21I put so many hours in on this motor, all I can see is nuts and bolts.
00:39:25Last night when I went to bed,
00:39:27I tried to take my shoes off and the monkey ran.
00:39:29Get all reliable, Guppy. We can always count on you.
00:39:32Always count on Guppy.
00:39:34You'd better get home and get some sleep, Bruce.
00:39:36I'll see you at the track tomorrow.
00:39:37All right. Good night.
00:39:38Good night.
00:39:39Good night.
00:39:42Now, don't you leave this car alone tonight.
00:39:44I don't trust race drivers.
00:39:46You mean Bruce?
00:39:48Say, I don't trust him either, not for that long.
00:39:51Well, that goes for all of them.
00:39:53Oh, now, Pat, you don't mean Larry.
00:39:55He's awful nice, and you ought to get to know him better.
00:39:58I know enough about him already.
00:40:06As a mechanic, you're terrific, but as a cupid, you're a bust.
00:40:09Well, I just thought if you two would get married, that is, you and Pat,
00:40:12how much easier this whole thing would be.
00:40:14Look, they're taking the Atlas Special over the track tonight,
00:40:17and I want to be there when it arrives.
00:40:19We'll switch motors the first thing in the morning.
00:40:21Be there early, will you?
00:40:22Oh, all right. I know I'm not going to get any sleep,
00:40:25but do you think anybody would care if I just blinked a couple of times?
00:40:32And to wind up this morning's news,
00:40:34the weatherman promises sunny weather for the International Speed Classic today.
00:40:37With a starting lineup of 34 cars, they should top all past races.
00:40:41So tune into this station at 11 a.m. for a word picture for this event of speed and thrills.
00:40:47This is Sam Hayes saying, that's 30.
00:40:49I never thought I'd live to see a daughter of mine taking her place in the pit.
00:40:54Well, somebody's got to look after the O'Shea interest.
00:40:56It'll be the first time I've missed the Classic in 26 years.
00:41:01One thing you've got to promise me, Dad,
00:41:03when the race comes on, don't get too excited, and don't smoke so much.
00:41:07I'm afraid, darling, there won't be very much for me to get excited about.
00:41:11Our gas car was a lovely thing three years ago,
00:41:14but I ain't kept up with the times since I started tinkering with that oil motor.
00:41:20Well, you can count on Bruce.
00:41:21If there's one chance in a thousand, he'll bring our car home a winner.
00:41:24Yeah, not with that Atlas entry.
00:41:26They turn out a mighty fine motor, and that'll be the car to beat.
00:41:30Well, even if we don't win, we'll put up a good fight.
00:41:33After all, what would the Classic be without an O'Shea entry?
00:41:36Now, don't forget what I said about getting too excited. Bye.
00:42:04Sure be glad when we get this gas motor away from here.
00:42:09You sure Bruce won't be needing you?
00:42:11No, he's out on the track qualifying. Come on, let's get to work.
00:42:15Oh, boy, oh, boy, what a fit.
00:42:18Yes, sir, just like a foot in the mud.
00:42:25That was a beautiful run, Bruce.
00:42:27Oh, hello, Pat. I didn't expect to see you here so early.
00:42:30What did you do?
00:42:31Oh, about 115 or 16.
00:42:33Not bad.
00:42:34Yeah, it's not good either.
00:42:36Taylor did 119 officially.
00:42:39Well, where's Guppy? Shouldn't he be going over the car?
00:42:42Ah, he's too busy to be bothered with us.
00:42:44Last time I saw him, he was headed for the Atlas tent.
00:42:48And where's the Atlas tent?
00:42:50Right there.
00:42:51I'm going to have a talk with Mr. Guppy.
00:42:53Oh, if we ever get away with this.
00:42:57Guppy.
00:42:58Yes, ma'am.
00:42:59Guppy Wexler, why aren't you down at the tent where you belong?
00:43:01Well, you see, I was just coming down through the track,
00:43:04and while I was going so fast, I got in the gas line,
00:43:06I went into a bad tail skin, and went right into a tent,
00:43:09and come out of it tired.
00:43:10Well, come on, let's get out of here.
00:43:11Well, if you're so interested in what's going on here, you...
00:43:14So this is what you've been up to.
00:43:16Popped oil molding.
00:43:17Popped oil molding.
00:43:18Popped oil molding.
00:43:19Popped oil molding.
00:43:20So this is what you've been up to.
00:43:22Popped oil molding.
00:43:23Oh, now, Pat, we can explain honestly.
00:43:25You won't explain it to me, you'll explain it to the police.
00:43:27Oh, but it ain't near as bad as it looks.
00:43:29Do you want to...
00:43:30Oh, listen, no reason, will you?
00:43:31We're doing it for Pop's sake.
00:43:33You're nothing but a couple of common thieves.
00:43:35So this is the man you told me I should know better.
00:43:37Uh-huh.
00:43:38Well, I can assure you, Mr. Taylor, this is the last time you'll ever steal anything.
00:43:41Oh, grab her, Guppy.
00:43:42Guppy, grab her, grab her.
00:43:43Grab her.
00:43:44What did I do with her?
00:43:45Throw her in the truck.
00:43:46Grab her.
00:43:47Oh, do me a favor, Pat.
00:43:48Get in there.
00:43:49Get in there now.
00:43:50Don't let me...
00:43:51What did I do with her?
00:43:52Keep her away until the race is over.
00:43:53Go on.
00:43:54But I want to see the race.
00:43:55I don't care.
00:43:56See you in jail.
00:43:57Goodbye.
00:43:58I don't want to go to jail.
00:43:59Goodbye.
00:44:00Goodbye.
00:44:01Goodbye.
00:44:02Goodbye.
00:44:03Goodbye.
00:44:04Never mind that, boys.
00:44:17I've checked the motor thoroughly.
00:44:18All I ask you to do is be quick change artists when I come into the pit.
00:44:22Hey, Taylor, where's that lame-brained mechanic, Guppy?
00:44:26Take a look under your hood.
00:44:27You'll probably find him there.
00:44:29Oh, a comic, huh?
00:44:31All set, Lucky?
00:44:32Yes, sir.
00:44:33Say, you don't look a bit nervous.
00:44:35Well, the track still goes.
00:44:36All you have to do is keep it right side up and let the motor do the rest.
00:44:39Come, Dad.
00:44:40The race will soon be over.
00:44:41Good luck.
00:44:43Attention all drivers and mechanics.
00:44:45Attention drivers and mechanics.
00:44:47All cars on the track in order of their qualifying time.
00:44:51All right, boys.
00:44:52Get going.
00:44:53All right, Taylor.
00:44:54On the track.
00:44:55Yes, sir.
00:44:57All right, come on.
00:45:09Guppy, what are you doing? Let me out of here!
00:45:16Come on, Pat. Let's get together. You're missing the downbeat.
00:45:23Guppy, what are you doing? Let me out of here!
00:45:26Uh-uh. Larry wouldn't like it. Besides, I don't want to go to jail.
00:45:32I hate you, Guppy!
00:45:33Guppy!
00:45:37I'm a hillbilly!
00:45:43Cars are being paced down the back stretch now. While we're waiting for the start, I'll give you the positions.
00:45:48In the pole position, Glenn Kravis, Rex Jones, and Hank Saunders, followed by Art Most, Bob Heck, and Larry Taylor.
00:45:54It is said that he is the boy to watch today. With a qualifying time of 114.32 miles per hour,
00:46:00it's easy to see that records will be broken here today.
00:46:04Farther back in line is Bruce Crowley, driving Popo C's gas motor.
00:46:09And a beautiful lineup now for a fast start. There's the flag and the race is on!
00:46:17Cars are stringing out nicely as they settle down to the grinding pace required to finish off this contest of speed and endurance.
00:46:23Glenn Kravis in the lead is setting a fast pace. Lucky Taylor in car 26 is falling behind.
00:46:28Bruce Crowley in car 38 is rapidly moving up. Crowley, you know, is driving the O'Shea gas motor.
00:46:35It's a pity Popo O'Shea was forced to withdraw his motor from racing due to that accident at the Grover County Fair.
00:46:41But Pop's motors are well known and we can expect a good race from his gas engine.
00:46:49I don't know why, but Lucky Taylor is still holding back. He's just been passed by Bruce Crowley.
00:46:53Crowley's rapidly moved from 10th to 3rd place, driving out a beautiful race.
00:46:57Bruce Crowley almost hit overdrive. He's starting it again.
00:47:01Glenn Kravis in 1st place, followed by Bruce Crowley in 2nd place and driving high.
00:47:05Rex Jones in odd post, in 3rd and 4th. Hank Saunders 5th, and there goes Lucky Taylor in 6th place.
00:47:16Oh, Guppy! Stop, please! I'm getting dizzy! You're giving me a headache!
00:47:20Hey!
00:47:26Yeah, Palooka, where do you think you're... Oh, excuse me, officer.
00:47:30Hey, what's the matter with you? Are you colorblind?
00:47:32Well, I signed your...
00:47:33Why don't you see that? Stop signing that town back there.
00:47:36Well, I really couldn't, sir. Oh, I've longed to...
00:47:39Move out of the truck.
00:47:40Nobody...
00:47:41Hey, Frank! Now, get out of there and don't start any funny stuff.
00:47:43Keep your eye on this guy while I have a look in the back of the truck.
00:47:46All right, come on. Get out.
00:47:50Get out of here!
00:47:55Now, what's the matter, miss?
00:47:57Arrest that man, officer. He's trying to kidnap me.
00:47:59Kidnap? Say, frisk that man. He's dangerous.
00:48:01Come here, you. Here.
00:48:04What's the matter with you?
00:48:05Oh, pickles!
00:48:06Pickles?
00:48:07Sure, I'll show you.
00:48:10Hey, Palooka!
00:48:11Yes, sergeant?
00:48:13This man's a thief, officer. They stole my father's special oil motor, he and his partner Larry Taylor.
00:48:18My father's popo, and he builds racers.
00:48:20You've got to stop the race right away.
00:48:22Now, just a moment, lady. My brain don't work that fast.
00:48:24One charge at a time, please.
00:48:26You're drunk. That's what you are. You're falling down drunk.
00:48:29I'm nothing of the kind.
00:48:30Well, we'll soon find out about that.
00:48:32Let me see you walk that line.
00:48:33Yeah, go ahead. Walk it. Walk it.
00:48:35All right, I'll show you.
00:48:36Yeah, walk it.
00:48:40Oh, I'm dizzy.
00:48:42Huh? What did I tell you? Just like I said, drunk.
00:48:45Oh, shut up.
00:48:46I am not. I've been bouncing around in that truck.
00:48:47Hey, we better lock them both in and get this thing settled.
00:48:49That's a good idea. Run us in.
00:48:51Go on. Get in the car. Go on.
00:48:52Run me in. Run me in.
00:48:53Well, get right in there.
00:48:54Well, right in here.
00:48:56There you go.
00:48:59Now, you take me down to the track as fast as you can go.
00:49:01Sure, lady. Sure.
00:49:03Don't listen to her. She's drunk.
00:49:05Shut up.
00:49:18Now going into the 116th lap with only 14 cars remaining in the race.
00:49:22Bruce Crowley, in the O'Shea Special, holds the lead.
00:49:25He's set a paced and terrific.
00:49:27Larry Taylor, in the Atlas Special, must have something up his sleeve,
00:49:30for he's made no attempt to really race, seemingly content to hold sixth place.
00:49:35I told you Bruce was a better driver.
00:49:38Say, you don't look a bit displeased.
00:49:40I know, but a race isn't won until the last lap, and this one's only half over.
00:49:48Taylor's starting to romp on it.
00:49:50Lucky Taylor just stepped on it, and how!
00:49:52From the way that car is picking up speed, it must have some motor under that hood.
00:49:56Maybe he's been holding back just to show off in a driving finish.
00:50:05Lucky's moving up.
00:50:11I don't know why Lucky was holding back, but he's sure making up for lost time.
00:50:15I don't know why Lucky was holding back, but he's sure making up for lost time.
00:50:28Taylor's forcing the whole thing to drive like mad.
00:50:30There goes number four out of control.
00:50:34But what I've been telling you is true, officer.
00:50:36These men have been racing under false colors.
00:50:38Well, if you don't believe me, take me down to the track and I'll prove it to you.
00:50:41I think we ought to go right to the station.
00:50:43Hey, you boys play pinochle?
00:50:45Pinochle? Say, I'm the champion...
00:50:47Shut up!
00:50:48Shut up, huh? I don't mean you, sergeant.
00:50:50Hey, what's the idea, lady?
00:50:52Yeah, what's the idea?
00:50:53I'll prove to you that Lucky Taylor's in that race and that he's using my father's oil motor.
00:50:56Oh, you gotta excuse her, boys. It runs in the family.
00:50:59Shut up, Guffy.
00:51:01Duffy?
00:51:02No, Guffy.
00:51:03Oh, Guffy.
00:51:04No, Guffy. It's a nickname.
00:51:08It ought to be.
00:51:09They're breaking all records for speed and endurance here at the International Speedway.
00:51:12Lucky Taylor's terrific pressure has forced car after car into the pits for gas and oil.
00:51:17But his Atlas Special is still driving on its original tank of fuel.
00:51:21What a motor he must have.
00:51:23That's one I can't figure out.
00:51:25See?
00:51:26Hey, did you get that?
00:51:27What?
00:51:28I've heard those oil burners ain't supposed to use much fuel.
00:51:30Well, maybe she knows what she's talking about.
00:51:32You gotta arrest me! I'm a kidnapper and I demand my constitutional right!
00:51:36Shut up!
00:51:37Oh, shut up!
00:51:38Well, what do you think?
00:51:39Well, it wouldn't do any harm to take a run over at the track.
00:51:41Okay, let's go.
00:51:42I'm getting dangerous! You better lock me up or I'll tear this shirt off!
00:51:47Will you pipe down?
00:51:50Yes, sir.
00:52:08Oh, that boy's driving a real race.
00:52:10A motor so far superior it isn't even funny.
00:52:14Bruce Crawley is holding first place with Glenn Travis a close second.
00:52:22Taylor is now passing Travis, building into second place.
00:52:24Never in my announcing career have I seen a motor perform like this Atlas.
00:52:28Unless I miss my guess, Taylor will make track history here today.
00:52:31And do you think there's only one car in the race, you mullet head?
00:52:39Whoa!
00:52:43Taylor has just passed Crawley to take the lead.
00:52:45Come on, you tin can heap. How dare you disgrace the name of O'Shea?
00:52:49Whoa!
00:52:54That Atlas car is certainly a marvel of the automobile industry.
00:52:57And Taylor is driving a brilliant race.
00:52:59Did they expect there were ever one tank of gas?
00:53:08Whoa!
00:53:13Looks like Taylor ran out of gas.
00:53:15And he blew a tire on that skid.
00:53:16He's coming to the pit now.
00:53:17But it may have cost him the race not to have stopped for fuel sooner.
00:53:22Hurry up on that tire.
00:53:26Hey, never mind that. I'll take care of it.
00:53:32What's the matter with that guy?
00:53:33Guess he don't trust anybody.
00:53:38Look after Taylor. There are five cars in a position to lap him.
00:53:41And are they romping on him?
00:53:55There he is. That's Lucky Taylor.
00:53:57Beat it, Larry. Beat it.
00:53:58All right, get me out of here, boys.
00:54:00Come on, let's go.
00:54:01Come on, Larry.
00:54:04Stop him. There he goes, officer. Stop him.
00:54:06But, lady, I can't run that fast.
00:54:08Mulligan.
00:54:09Yes, sir.
00:54:10Taylor's back in the race after only a 40-second stop.
00:54:15Say, that isn't gas exhaust.
00:54:17Well, that's what I've been saying. It's from the O'Shea All Motors.
00:54:20But that car wasn't entered in this race.
00:54:22Do something about it.
00:54:23What do you want to do? Larry's doing all right.
00:54:25Bring that car in again.
00:54:28Don't you do it.
00:54:32Wait a minute, folks. Wait a minute.
00:54:33An official has just left the Atlas pit and is conferring with the other officials.
00:54:37Yes, sir, they're bringing out the white flag.
00:54:39You know, if the driver is signaled with a white flag,
00:54:41he must stop at his pit on the next lap around.
00:54:44Yes, sir, they're flagging Taylor in.
00:54:58But Lucky's not going to stop for anything.
00:55:00He's romped on it all the more.
00:55:02Of course, the officials will have something to say about it after the race is over.
00:55:05Apparently, Taylor's main idea is to show the speed of that motor,
00:55:08which he is doing beautifully.
00:55:23What a race, ladies and gentlemen.
00:55:25Taylor in fifth place.
00:55:26There's only a quarter of a lap behind Crowley, who's driving much too hard.
00:55:29They're all driving wide open with no reserve power should anything happen.
00:55:45Taylor's dropped back to sixth place now, but Crowley didn't quite land it.
00:55:48Howard will take some motor for Taylor to pull away from Crowley now.
00:55:54Taylor is pulling away, though.
00:55:55Crowley's car is no match for the Atlas Vector.
00:55:58Ladies and gentlemen, as I told you, we're well on our way to a new track record here today.
00:56:01Now, the average speed of the leading car at this time of the race is 121.26 miles per hour.
00:56:06Why, at that rate of speed, anything can happen, and generally does.
00:56:13Number 14 just went through the fence.
00:56:15This pace is telling, believe you me.
00:56:17Any car that survives this Disney World will be something.
00:56:20Crowley's going to hit the pack.
00:56:21He's romping on the O'Shea car for all it's worth.
00:56:28The leading car just tangled in a terrible accident on the north turn.
00:56:31The O'Shea car skidded, turned over, and started crashing.
00:56:34Travis glanced off the O'Shea car and went over the wall.
00:56:37Number 16 crashed into the infield fence trying to avoid the wreckage.
00:56:42Only three laps to go, the cars have been flagged down and are holding their positions until the track is clear.
00:56:46I'm afraid this is the end of the O'Shea special.
00:56:48Too bad. Crowley was driving a beautiful race.
00:56:51But I don't understand.
00:56:53Oh, but you will be as soon as you see Pop and Mr. Allen.
00:56:57There's the green flag. The track is clear. The race is on.
00:57:00There's only a half and a half to go. Hank Saunders, number four, is in first place.
00:57:03Followed closely by Larry Taylor.
00:57:05Taylor's pulling off a number four and a terrific drive toward the finish.
00:57:09Taylor's alongside Saunders.
00:57:11Taylor takes the lead.
00:57:13They're getting off the winning flag.
00:57:20Taylor wins!
00:57:23Larry wins. Pop's car wins.
00:57:25I've been trying to do all of this for you.
00:57:27You'll be rich.
00:57:41That's it, ladies and gentlemen.
00:57:43And what a motor Taylor was driving.
00:57:45It responded to his every wish.
00:57:47Wait a minute. There's a mob of officials going to the Atlas Pit.
00:57:51Oh, just a minute.
00:57:53The officials are going to investigate that motor.
00:57:55I thought there was something peculiar in the performance of that.
00:57:59Yes, sir. Taylor was driving Pop O'Shea's oil-burning motor,
00:58:02which by some ruse he'd gotten into the Atlas special.
00:58:05I'm going down to the pit and get the details. Hang on. I'll be back in just a minute.
00:58:10He's a lad after me own heart.
00:58:12That's the Irish, you know.
00:58:15As president of the American Racing Commission,
00:58:17I've been asked to make several statements.
00:58:20Because the car you entered in the race
00:58:22was using an outlawed motor disguised as an Atlas special,
00:58:25it has been disqualified, even though it did win the race.
00:58:28Now, this is a list of our board of directors.
00:58:30Make sure they receive a copy of what the commissioner just said.
00:58:34Because of these findings, the prize money will necessarily go to the runner-up.
00:58:38Gee, if you'd have figured on getting married, you could have used that dough.
00:58:41Yeah.
00:58:42And you, Mr. Taylor, have violated all rules.
00:58:45We find you a potential menace to racing.
00:58:47And hereafter, you'll be permanently suspended.
00:58:49Good.
00:58:52Say, what's the matter with you people? Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you?
00:58:55That you're through with racing.
00:58:56Well, that's fine.
00:58:58Now Taylor can devote all of his time to managing the O'Shea wing of the Atlas plane.
00:59:02Well, great. Thank you, commissioner.
00:59:05Well, isn't it?
00:59:06Come on, commissioner.
00:59:09Oh, isn't that wonderful, Larry?
00:59:10Oh, isn't that wonderful, Larry? That means you're through stunting.
00:59:12Not so fast. I still got one more job to do.
00:59:15But Larry, you promised.
00:59:16To marry you.
00:59:20Hey, hey, hey.
00:59:22Well, congratulations.
00:59:23Thanks, Guppy.
00:59:26And a guy like you squawks about being called lucky.