Crash Drive

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Crash Drive
"Crash Drive" (1959).jpg
UK theatrical poster
Directed by Max Varnel
Written by Brian Clemens
Eldon Howard
Produced by Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
Starring Dermot Walsh
Wendy Williams
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited byLee Doig
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Crash Drive is a 1959 British racing car film directed by Max Varnel and starring Dermot Walsh. It was produced by the Danziger Brothers. [1] It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.

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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.

Cast

Critical reception

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Excellent plot very indifferently treated, maudlin and disappointing." [2]

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." [3]

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References

  1. "Crash Drive". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 295. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
  3. "Crash Drive - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2014.