Crash Drive

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Crash Drive
"Crash Drive" (1959).jpg
UK theatrical poster
Directed byMax Varnel
Written byBrian Clemens
Eldon Howard
Produced byEdward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
StarringDermot Walsh
Wendy Williams
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byLee Doig
Production
company
Danziger Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
1959
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Crash Drive is a 1959 British racing car film starring Dermot Walsh, which was produced by the Danziger Brothers.[1][2]

Rolf Harris has a small role.[3]

Plot[]

Paul Dixon is an international racing driver severely depressed after being paralysed from the waist down in a crash. He seems to have lost everything, including his will to live. His estranged wife Ann returns to him in the wake of the accident and attempts to cure him of his despair.[4]

Cast[]

Critical reception[]

Sky Movies wrote, "this very minor, modest and mostly mediocre British melodrama - partly written by The Avengers producer Brian Clemens - has a hard job getting into gear."[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Crash Drive at BFI
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Danzigers, The Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 July 2019). "Australian Singers Turned Actors". Filmink.
  4. ^ "Crash Drive Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Russell Cardon". BFI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Crash Drive - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

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