Motor Madness

Motor Madness

1937 · 61 min · ★ 10.0 · Action, Drama, Romance

After winning a qualifying trial for a big speed-boat race in Santa Monica, California, Joe Dunn is offered a bribe, by gamblers, not to take part in the race and is so incensed that he starts a fight which lands him in jail. The girl he loves, Peggy McNeil, takes his place, but crashes into a buoy and is seriously injured---and Joe goes to desperate lengths to raise money for the services of a famous surgeon.

Directed by D. Ross Lederman · Written by Fred Niblo Jr.

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Joseph Allen Joe Dunn
Rosalind Keith Peggy McNeil
J.M. Kerrigan Henry John 'Cap' McNeil
Marc Lawrence Gus Slater
Richard Terry Nick Givens
Arthur Loft 'Lucky' Leonard Raymond
Joe Sawyer Steve Dolan
George Ernest 'Pancho', Runaway Kid
Al Hill Henchman Jeff Skinner
John Tyrrell Pete Bailey
Ralph Byrd C.P.O. Mike Burns
George Chesebro Henchman Mitchell

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