Indianapolis Speedway

• Director: Lloyd Bacon
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Sports Drama
• Main Cast: Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, John Payne, Gale Page, Frank McHugh
• Release Year: 1939
• Country: US
• Run Time: 85 minutes

Plot

In this drama, a remake of The Crowd Roars, two auto racing brothers become rivals on the racetrack when the older brother tries to keep his younger one from dropping out of school and becoming a driver too. The stubborn younger brother just gets behind the wheel of someone else's car and the race is on. During the reckless running of the race, the older brother's best friend is killed precipitating the beginning of the end for the older driver. The brother pulls himself out of his personal nose dive when he must take over for his younger brother during the Indy 500. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Pat O'Brien - Joe Greer
• Ann Sheridan - Frankie Merrick
• John Payne - Eddie Greer
• Gale Page - Lee Mason
• Frank McHugh - Spud Connors

Grace Stafford - Martha Connors; Granville Bates - Mr. Greer; John Ridgely - Ted Horn; Regis Toomey - Dick Wilbur; John Harron - Red; Edward McWade - Tom Dugan; Irving Bacon - Fred Haskill; Tommy Bupp - Haskill's Son; Robert Middlemass - Edward Hart; Charles Halton - Mayor; John Conte; William B. Davidson - Duncan Martin; Creighton Hale - Official; Sam Hayes; Wendell Niles; Patsy O'Byrne - Vinegary Female; Eddie Parker - Man; Georges Renavent - Headwaiter; Billy Wayne - Stubby; Reid Kilpatrick - Announcer; Evelyn Mulhall - Mrs. Martin

Credit

Esdras Hartley - Art Director, Orry-Kelly - Costume Designer, Lloyd Bacon - Director, William Holmes - Editor, Adolph Deutsch - Composer (Music Score), Leo F. Forbstein - Musical Direction/Supervision, Sidney Hickox - Cinematographer, Max Siegel - Producer, Jo Graham - Dialogue Writer, Howard Hawks - Screen Story, Seton Miller - Screen Story, Sig Herzig - Screenwriter, Wally Klein - Screenwriter, Wally Kline - Screenwriter