High Explosive

Overview

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 27, 1943

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Paramount,Pine-Thomas Productions,Paramount Pictures

Cast

Dick Purcell,Chester Morris,Jean Parker,Barbara Lynn,Rand Brooks,Jack Randall,Barry Sullivan,Ralph Sanford

Director

Frank McDonald

Writer

Howard J. Green,Joseph Hoffman,Maxwell Shane

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0035999