High Explosive

High Explosive (1943)

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.

Erscheinungsdatum
1943-03-27
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (4)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 3 Min.
Genres
Action, Drama
Regie
Frank McDonald

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

High Explosive is a 1943 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Maxwell Shane and Howard J. Green for Pine-Thomas Productions. The film stars Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Sanford, Rand Brooks and Dick Purcell. The film was released on March 27, 1943, by Paramount Pictures.

Production

The film was based on a story by Joseph Hoffman, "You Can't Live Forever". Pine-Thomas Productions purchased it in April 1942 as a vehicle for Chester Morris.

The film was also known as Nitro Trucks. Howard Green wrote the script and Jean Parker was signed to costar.

Filming started in August 1942. The film gave an early role to Barry Sullivan. It was retitled High Explosive by December 1942.

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