Mr. Reckless (1948)

Returning to his hometown after a long absence, oil-well digger William Eythe discovers that his sweetheart has gotten engaged to an older suitor. In an attempt to win back his lost love, ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank McDonald

Writers:

Maxwell Shane (original screenplay), Milton Raison (original screenplay)

Stars:

William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett

Cast

Cast overview:
William Eythe	...	Jeff Lundy
Barbara Britton	...	Betty Denton
Walter Catlett	...	Joel Hawkins
Minna Gombell	...	Ma Hawkins
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Hugo Denton
Nestor Paiva	...	Gus
Frank Jenks	...	Cab Driver
Ian MacDonald	...	Jim Halsey
James Millican	...	Pete

Storyline

Returning to his hometown after a long absence, oil-well digger William Eythe discovers that his sweetheart has gotten engaged to an older suitor. In an attempt to win back his lost love, Eythe decides to impress her with a series of daredevil oil-field stunts.

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Plot Keywords:

oil field | oil well | fistfight | poker game | waitress | 

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Taglines:

A dynamite drama in the oil fields

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Terrível Verdade

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pine-Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

66 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

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Soundtracks

"Stella by Starlight"
(uncredited)
Music by Victor Young
Played in Gus's Café

User Reviews

"I love you until my heart chokes my wind pipes..."

This is another film noir (abliet one on a $1.99 budget) where a few familiar faces go down territory already done in "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice". It all surrounds the old lover (William Eythe) of Barbara Britton's who returns to discover that she's about to wed aging Lloyd Corrigan, a really old pal of his. A bit of comedy is thrown in concerning Corrigan and the bride's papa (Walter Catlett), and the nagging by mama Minna Gombell. Britton pledges allegiance to Corrigan until the day of the wedding, and, well, you know... This has the feeling of a quick writing job of an early television anthology series episode with unbelievable characters and a situation as ridiculous as the wind pipe line which Corrigan actually tells his bride-to-be (or not to be). Is that the question?