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The Racers (1955)

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User Rating: 5.0/10 (113 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Henry Hathaway
Writers:
Charles Kaufman (writer)
Hans Ruesch (novel)
Release Date:
24 May 1955 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
Theirs was a love that never looked back...never stopped for breath!
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User Comments:
A routine racing car melodrama but impersonally efficient! more

Cast

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Kirk Douglas ... Gino Borgesa
Bella Darvi ... Nicole
Gilbert Roland ... Dell'Oro

Cesar Romero ... Carlos Chavez

Lee J. Cobb ... Maglio
Katy Jurado ... Maria Chávez
Charles Goldner ... Piero, Mechanic
John Hudson ... Michel Caron
George Dolenz ... Count Salem
Agnès Laury ... Toni

John Wengraf ... Dr. Tabor
Norbert Schiller ... Dehlgreen, the Photographer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Such Men Are Dangerous (UK)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: On the starting grid at the Nurburgring, one of the drivers looks to his left and waves at someone in the pits. The Pit area at the Nurburgring is on drivers' right. more
Soundtrack:
I Belong To You more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
A routine racing car melodrama but impersonally efficient!, 8 October 2000
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Henry Hathaway's "The Racers" bears a certain comparison with Mark Robson's "The Champion" as both films deal with a man determined to raise himself from the lower level of society (no matter the cost) to win an ambitious position of wealth and respect with being a sport celebrity...

Kirk Douglas is an Italian bus driver obsessed with the desire to win the Grand Prix de Napoli with his home-built car, competing against some of the best drivers, best engines and best engineers...

It is a race of genius over machinery... Douglas has thought out each turn of the wheel, each acceleration of the pedal, each pass to perfection... From there his ambition takes no limit and his perseverance to win by ways of antagonism from fellow drivers and estrangement from the woman who loves him...

Lively directed by Hathaway and beautifully photographed in Technicolor, "The Racers" is a revival of all five senses... The atmosphere of the circuits is electric... The energy and sheer excitement from the roar of the engines and the screams of the crowds are feelings that only the CinemaScope can produce... Whether or not your favorite hero takes the checkered flag, you stand up and cheer the winner across the finish line...

But like many another films dealing with sport, "The Racers" suffers from a banal story and questionable characterizations... It tries to increase its appeal to women audience by having its attractive heroine, a ballet dancer (Bella Darvi) one interested in high fashion... In this way female viewers glimpse the flashes of color of fashion salons in addition to scenic shots of the French Riviera, Paris, Rome, and the authentic locations of the acclaimed auto racing sites...

Not only do you get the insight of a lifetime of champions (two of whom are played by Gilbert Roland and Cesar Romero) but you share many racing experiences with Lee J. Cobb who shows great aptitude as the racing manager... But again, it is the story - a routine melodrama totally unmemorable but impersonally efficient - that hangs heavy...

For those interested in sports car, speedways' drivers, and the celebrated runways of Europe, "The Racers" remains a film worth watching...

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