Follows the professional and personal life of race car driver Gino Borgesa (Douglas), as he struggles on the track and in his love life.Follows the professional and personal life of race car driver Gino Borgesa (Douglas), as he struggles on the track and in his love life.Follows the professional and personal life of race car driver Gino Borgesa (Douglas), as he struggles on the track and in his love life.
- Mechanic
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- Janka
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- Doorman
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- Intern
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- Race Official
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- Gatti
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- Director
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- TriviaThird and final of Bella Darvi's Hollywood films, after which she continued her career in Europe.
- GoofsOn 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.
- Quotes
Opening Narrator: The playground of the world, Monte Carlo, is calling. The city of white villas, of sand and sea and gambling. This is how it looks once a year when even the roulette wheel seems to spin more slowly. This is how it looked on a Spring afternoon in the early fifties, the day before the annual race through its winding streets. As in every great sport, motor racing has its traditions and its heroes. As in bullfighting, the presence of death gives a special intensity to their lives. For these are the gods of the road, adored by millions, masters of a skill which approaches an art. Representing the great motor factories of England and the Continent, backed by an organisation of technical experts, they're the drivers of cars which are jewels of engineering perfection. But not all drivers are champions or part of the wealthy factory teams; others, with their secondhand cars and their unpaid helpers are poor - in everything but dreams of victory.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Extremely poor racing film about a hot shot driver (Kirk Douglas) who tries to woo a woman (Bella Darvi) while pissing everyone off. Think Champion and take away everything great and you end up with this movie, which is pretty bad from start to finish. I'm really not sure what the point of this thing was but I can say it's the worst Douglas picture that I've seen to date. A lot of the film has various racing scenes, which were boring but they were the best thing about the movie. There's some nice crashes and stunt work but all the dramatic stuff sandwiched between is just deadly dull, lifeless and pointless. Douglas really sleepwalks through his role and it's probably the worst I've ever seen him. I'm not sure what was up with Darvi but she is one of the worst actresses I've seen in a major picture. Her sexy routine was just dreadful. The supporting cast includes Cesar Romero and Lee J. Cobb but neither are given much to do. The film was shown with a 2.55:1 ratio but I had to see it in 2.35:1, which makes for some nice shots but there's no meat with those shots.
- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 27, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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