A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
- Mike's Pit Crew
- (as Lew Smith)
- Ted Husing
- (voice)
- Newspaper Editor
- (uncredited)
- Driver
- (uncredited)
- Pit Crew Member
- (uncredited)
- Racing Spectator
- (uncredited)
- Greengrove Race Spectator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBeing in Indianapolis was difficult for Clark Gable personally. The city had been the last stop on a war bond tour in 1942 for his second wife, actress Carole Lombard, before she was to fly back home to Los Angeles. Tragically, Lombard's plane never made it back. It crashed in Nevada killing everyone on board. Theirs had been a happy marriage, and it was a loss from which Gable never recovered. At the time of To Please a Lady (1950) Gable had finally remarried, this time to Douglas Fairbanks' widow, Sylvia Ashley. During filming he seemed happier and healthier than he had in years according to friends. Even so, Gable remembered his beloved late wife while in Indianapolis. He quietly made a point to visit the downtown locations where Lombard had made her final public appearances before meeting her untimely death.
- GoofsBecause footage shot during the actual 1950 Indy 500 was used, Mauri Rose can be seen exiting the pits driving past the pit for the real car #17, Joie Chitwood (Mauri Rose and Joie Chitwood's pits were next to each other during the 1950 500 race).
- Quotes
Mike Brannan: You figure on doing another column on me?
Regina Forbes: You're only worth a couple of lines now.
Mike Brannan: Well, don't write 'em! I've been risking my neck with this outfit.
Regina Forbes: I hope they pay you well.
Mike Brannan: A hundred bucks a show, and I've been saving every dime. I'm gonna drive with the big cars now, and what you wrote about me doesn't go with them. So I'm warning you. Lay off me in the future.
Regina Forbes: [Amused] You're warning me?
Mike Brannan: You better listen to what I'm saying, or I'll knock that smile off your face!
Regina Forbes: [She laughs at him] Knock it off.
[He slaps her]
Regina Forbes: That's just about what I expect from you.
Mike Brannan: The guys you run around with wouldn't do that, would they? Well, it's time somebody roughed you up a little! I can handle you, baby. You're just another dame to me!
[He grabs her suddenly, kisses her, and leaves for his car. She looks after him with a subtle smile indicating she enjoyed it]
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksPolly-Wolly Doodle
(uncredited)
Credited usually to Daniel Decatur Emmett (as Dan Emmett)
Whistled by several characters
a sleeping pill. Pearls before swine. As a racer that ran at various tracks in the film,it cant be overstated how
nostalgic a trip it is to see men and race machinery the way it was in the old days; incredible doses of fun,danger and adventure. I read about these days and heard stories, but you can see in the filming that the crews and drivers
are a snapshot of true racing history in this country. Mark my words,in twenty years they are going to worship films like this one. Enjoy it now and show a friend the way it was....
- steve-wilson-1
- Nov 9, 2004
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Red Hot Wheels
- Filming locations
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 4790 W. 16th Street, Speedway, Indiana, USA(1950 Indianapolis 500 race)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $1,853,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1