Mask of Dust (1954)

Directed by

Terence Fisher

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A race car driver struggles to win a major race in Italy while dealing with pressure from his team and his wife. The film follows his attempt to prove himself in a dangerous sport.

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What happens

Mask of Dust is a 1954 British second feature motor racing drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, George Coulouris and Peter Illing. It was written by Richard H. Landau based on the 1953 novel The Last Race by Jon Manchip White. Jimmy Sangster was production manager, J. Elder Wills was art director and Phil Leakey handled Makeup. Filming ran from 25 March 1954 until 8 May 1954. The film was trade shown on 23 Nov., and released on 27 December in the UK. It was released in January 1955 in the United States by Lippert Pictures retitled A Race for Life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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