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Stock Car (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Stock Car' is a 1955 British crime drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson, and Susan Shaw.
Plot
When her father dies during a stock car race, Katie Glebe (Rona Anderson) takes over the running of his garage, helped by American driver Larry Duke (Paul Carpenter). Katie struggles to fend off creditors, including the unscrupulous Turk McNeil (Paul Whitsun-Jones), who seeks to repossess her property. Further dramas ensue when Turk's girlfriend Gina (Susan Shaw) shows an interest in Larry.
Cast
* Paul Carpenter as Larry Duke
* Rona Anderson as Katie Glebe
* Susan Shaw as Gina
* Harry Fowler as Monty Albright
* Robert Rietty as Roberto
* Paul Whitsun-Jones as Turk McNeil
* Sabrina as Trixie
* Alma Taylor as Nurse Sprott
* Patrick Jordan as Jack
* Lorrae Desmond as Singer
* Frank Thornton as Doctor
Critical reception
The 'Radio Times' noted, "The mediocrity is unrelenting, with the race sequences every bit as hackneyed as the risible melodrama, although Susan Shaw briefly brightens things up as a shameless floozy"; while 'The Spinning Image' noted, "the lower half of a double bill from British B-movie specialists Butchers, here in their element with a thriller that never did anything particularly spectacular, but provided enough thrills and spills to keep the audience in their seats for the duration, though being well aware that a more expensive and starry movie was following on must have helped in that department."
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