Synopsis
A misfit teenager with a passion for hot rods - and trouble - moves to a California town where he learns the errors of his ways and becomes a model hot rodder.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Released
- 1953-07-20
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Conform, You Rebel · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-03-31
Even the "bad" boy in this Sid Davis film isn't really bad. He's a clean-cut suburban kid (Brylcreem could have sponsored this) with nary a leather jacket in sight. He's even wearing a tie at the end! No snarling or mumbling Brando voice; he could be a gee-whiz Mickey Mouse Clubber. No precursor to that evil rock-n-roll is heard here; the soundtrack is filled with late 1940s library music from England. A cool show-off gets a traffic ticket and suddenly he goes from rebel speed demon to a sedate, auto-fixing bland kid. The other sedate, auto-fixing bland kids (with Brylcreem) become that way…
★★★★ · Dangerous drivers are saved by Tom Hanks! · Spuzz · 2012-11-02
In this Sid Davis production, a young boy new to the town, is puzled by why the kids don't accept him and his hotrodding ways. When he tries to get all the kids impressed by talking about it, they all turn away in disgust. Rather then parking one night in a abandoned business and listening to Kenny Loggins and dancing in protest, he actually goes to the kids an learns why the kids act in such a square fashion. One of the town kids you see, was killed while trying to beat a train. So Tom Hanks (yes, Tom Hanks, that's the character's name) arranges a hot rod track to be made. All the kids are…