Death Drives Through (1935)

The race car designer Kit Woods is in love with Kay Lord. Kay's father is against her relationship with Kit. Kit also has to do with the competition from his rival Garry Ames.

Director:

Edward L. Cahn

Writers:

John Huston (story), Katherine Strueby (story),

Stars:

Chili Bouchier, Robert Douglas, Miles Mander

Cast

Cast overview:
Chili Bouchier	...	Kay Lord
Robert Douglas	...	Kit Woods
Miles Mander	...	Garry Ames
Percy Walsh	...	Mr. Lord
Frank Atkinson	...	John 'Nigger' Larson
Lillian Gunns	...	Binnie

Storyline

The race car designer Kit Woods is in love with Kay Lord. Kay's father is against her relationship with Kit. Kit also has to do with the competition from his rival Garry Ames.

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1935 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clifford Taylor Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

63 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Mainly of curiosity value!

Mainly of curiosity value, though the script is so ordinary it will disappoint John Huston's admirers no end.

Fans of Robert Douglas will be none too happy either. They will hardly recognize their hero as the male lead. And worst still, there is a whole lot of boob-catering low comedy, with the male lead's obligatory side-kick.

Still, good old Edward L. Cahn's direction has one thing in its favor — the racing sequences are filmed on the spot with no process screens being used (though a process screen is used elsewhere in the film to provide a background for a romantic car-ride).

Why Eddie Cahn was specially imported for this "B"-feature is anybody's guess. He certainly doesn't do much better than the local "B" talent — a couple of tracking shots and that's about it.

As for the acting, it's both broad and clumsily over-emphatic. In fact, production values generally are inclined to be tatty, photography and art direction included.