Fast Life (1932 film)

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Fast Life
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Directed by Harry A. Pollard
Screenplay by Byron Morgan
Ralph Spence
Based onLet's Go
1930 novel
by E.J. Rath
Produced byHarry A. Pollard
Starring William Haines
Madge Evans
Cinematography Harold Wenstrom
Edited by Hugh Wynn
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 16, 1932 (1932-12-16)
Running time
82 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Fast Life is a 1932 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring William Haines and Madge Evans, directed by Harry A. Pollard and is based upon the story Let's Go by E.J. Rath.

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Plot

Two men leave the US Navy after having served ten years as a sailor. Sandy is one of them and later invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run. When testing it, he accidentally sinks a boat and has to pay for it. Now he is broke and enters a boat contest. To win, he has to invent the fastest boat in the world.

Cast (in credits order)

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