Speed to Spare (1937 film)

Last updated October 12, 2025

Speed to Spare
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay by	Bert Granet Lambert Hillyer
Produced by	Irving Briskin Ralph Cohn
Starring	Charles Quigley Dorothy Wilson Eddie Nugent
Cinematography	Benjamin Kline
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	4 May 1937 (1937-05-04)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Speed to Spare is a 1937 sports film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It was produced by Columbia Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot
Cast
Reception
References
External links

Plot

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Cast

Charles Quigley as Tommy Morton
Dorothy Wilson as Eileen Hart
Eddie Nugent as "Skids" Brannigan
Patricia Farr as Peaches Davis
Gene Morgan as Breakaway Wilson
John Gallaudet as Dan Kelly
Gordon Elliott as Steve Fellows
Jack Gardner as Ralph Bennett
Lester Dorr as Otto Behrman
Arthur Aylesworth as Kennedy

Reception

A review in the New York Daily News called the film "spirited", and "thrilling".^[3]

References

↑ "Speed to Spare (1937)". American Film Institute . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
↑ Speed to Spare. Vol. 126. Variety Publishing Company. June 9, 1937. p. 25.
↑ Masters, Dorothy (1937-06-04). "Drama of Speedways At Brooklyn Strand". Daily News. p. 748. Retrieved 2025-09-03.

External links

Speed to Spare at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
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