Speed

5.8

70 minutes

5/8/1936

Overview

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.

Cast List

James Stewart
as Terry Martin
Wendy Barrie
as Jane Mitchell
Una Merkel
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
Weldon Heyburn
as Frank Lawson
Ted Healy
as Clarence Maxmillian 'Gadget' Haggerty
Ralph Morgan
as Mr. Dean
Patricia Wilder
as Fanny Lane, a Secretary
Ernie Alexander
as Waiter Telling of Barn Dance
Don Brodie
as Track Official Telling Terry He Qualified
George Chandler
as 'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance
Jack Rube Clifford
as Master of Ceremonies
Bess Flowers
as Extra at Company Dance
June Gittelson
as Woman at Barn Dance
Isabelle Keith
as Nurse
Walter Kingsford
as Uncle Edward Emery
Robert Livingston
as George Saunders
William Tannen
as Intern Attending Terry
Charles Trowbridge
as Doctor Attending Gadget