Mask of Dust

1954
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1h 19m

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4.8/10

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Richard Conte and Mari Aldon in Mask of Dust (1954)

Drama Sport

A car pilot must choose between his love for car-racing, and his wife. His buddy's accident will help him to choose, and his loyal ways will get him a new friend - his main rival.A car pilot must choose between his love for car-racing, and his wife. His buddy's accident will help him to choose, and his loyal ways will get him a new friend - his main rival.A car pilot must choose between his love for car-racing, and his wife. His buddy's accident will help him to choose, and his loyal ways will get him a new friend - his main rival.

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Trivia
Racing sequences filmed at Goodwood, Sussex.

Quotes
Guido Rosetti: [referring to Wells] He's finished and you know it! He should have packed up two years ago.
'Pic' Dallapiccola: Aye, he's off form. He's in a streak of bad luck. Bad luck, bad roads, bad weather. It's what we all suffer from sooner or later.
Guido Rosetti: You forgot to add something.
'Pic' Dallapiccola: Hm?
Guido Rosetti: Bad nerves.

Alternate versions
Race for Life (1954) is a shorter cut for USA release, at 69 minutes (65 minutes in the re-release). The director's cut was titled Mask of Dust (1954), and ran at 79 minutes.

Connections
Referenced in Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (1987)

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5/10

"Win tomorrow and then give up!!"

A rather romantic and subdued drama transposing 'The Set-Up' from New York and boxing to Britain and the then-glamourous world of motor racing. Marie Aldon plays the loyal wife with imploring eyes and wringing her hands as she frets over a soulful Richard Conte. And there's historically interesting appearances by a young Raymond Baxter and Sterling Moss.

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