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Indianapolis Speedway (1939)

Indianapolis Speedway poster
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hotshot race car driver returns to the Indianapolis Speedway to compete. He deals with family tensions and his own ambitions on and off the track.

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What happens

Indianapolis Speedway is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Sig Herzig and Wally Kline.The film stars Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, John Payne, Gale Page, Frank McHugh and Grace Stafford. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 5, 1939. This film is a remake of The Crowd Roars, which starred James Cagney; McHugh repeats his role from the earlier film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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