The Daredevil Drivers (1938) (MOD)

The Daredevil Drivers (1938) (MOD)Racecar driver Bill Foster (Dick Purcell) has the talent to collect racing trophies, but his reckless stunts on the track get him banned from the racing association altogether. Hitting the road with his loyal sidekick, mechanic "Stub" Wilson (vaudeville veteran Charley Foy), Bill crashes into a bus owned by Neeley Transport. Bill is determined to sock Neeley's president in the nose because of the damage to his race car, only to discover that the

reappear with their own destructive plans

thwarted by Daphne Heap (Margaret Hamilton--The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz) and seduced by Suzanne (Shelley Duvall)

looms like a stricken conscience as he regards the kid's ballooning arrogance

they were treated to the on-screen delights of Joan Crawford singing and Charlestoning

you get the idea

Helen's Uncle Sherman (Plummer) runs a respected psychological institute

it becomes a race against time to steal a million in gold before they can open the vault

[Fairbanks] plays the love game with his eyes and his heart both open

each star gives an impressively revealing performance

choice and consequence

is Jean Renoir's (The Rules of the Game

) and specialty performers that include deadpan song stylist Virginia O'Brien and 31-year-old tenor Charles Holland as a singing bellhop