Fast Company (1953 film)

Fast Company
Fast Company
Directed by	John Sturges
Written by	William Roberts; Adaptation:; Don Mankiewicz; Story:;
Produced by	Henry Berman
Starring	Howard Keel; Polly Bergen
Cinematography	Harold Lipstein
Edited by	Joseph Dervin
Music by	Alberto Colombo
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (U.S.)
Release date	May 12, 1953 (U.S.);
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$584,000
Box office	$523,000

Fast Company is a 1953 American comedy film directed by American filmmaker John Sturges.

Plot[]

Carol Maldon leaves New York to run her recently deceased father's stable. Rick Grayton is the trainer and jockey of her horse Gay Fleet. It is an exceptional horse, but no one yet knows Gay Fleet because it is still young. Rick has been intentionally losing races to make the horse seem inferior so that he can buy it from Carol cheaply. However, he is discovered by Mercedes, a rival stable owner, who tells Rick's plan to Carol.

Cast[]

Polly Bergen as Carol Maldon
Howard Keel as Rick Grayton
Nina Foch as Mercedes Bellway
Carol Nugent as Jigger Parkson
Marjorie Main as Ma Parkson
Horace McMahon as Two Pair Buford
Iron Eyes Cody as Ben Iron Mountain
Joaquin Garay as Manuel Morales

Reception[]

According to MGM records the film earned $392,000 in the US and Canada and $131,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $275,000.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p77

External links[]

Fast Company at IMDb
Fast Company at AllMovie
Fast Company at the TCM Movie Database

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[sturges-2] Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p77

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