The Fireball (1950)
Rooney Runs Riot on the Roller Raceways!
Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after setbacks learns to curb his ruthlessness and ambition.
- Date of release
- 1950-11-09
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Tay Garnett
Casting
- Mickey Rooney — Johnny Casar
- Pat O'Brien — Father O'Hara
- Beverly Tyler — Mary Reeves
- James Brown — Allen
- Ralph Dumke — Bruno Crystal
- Milburn Stone — Jeff Davis
- Bert Begley — Shilling
- Marilyn Monroe — Polly
- Sam Flint — Dr. Barton
- Glenn Corbett — Mack Miller
- John Hedloe — Ullman
- James Anderson — Strong Arm Man (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Fireball is a 1950 American drama film starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien and directed by Tay Garnett. The film also marks the eighth screen appearance of Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay was written by Horace McCoy based on a story by McCoy and Garnett.
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