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Speed to Spare (1948)

Speed to Spare poster
Directed by
William Berke
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
57 min
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A truck driver gets involved in auto racing. The story follows his ambitions and the people around him.

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What happens

Speed to Spare is a 1948 American drama film directed by William Berke, written by Milton Raison, and starring Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Roscoe Karns, Nanette Parks and Pat Phelan. It was released on May 14, 1948, by Paramount Pictures. It is unrelated to the same-titled auto-racing drama made by Columbia in 1937. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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