A daring daredevil
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A daring daredevil |
| Original title | The Lively Set |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Arnold |
| script |
Mel Goldbergm William Wood |
| production | William Alland |
| music | Bobby in it |
| camera | Carl E. Guthrie |
| cut | Archie Marshek |
| occupation | |
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A Reckless Daredevil is an American drama directed by Jack Arnold, directed in 1964. The screenplay is based on a story by William Alland , who also produced the film. The film premiered on October 14, 1964 in New York. In Germany, the film was first shown in cinemas on February 25, 1965.
action
Casey Owens enrolled in college after two years in the army. He befriends Chuck Manning, who, like Casey, is a car fan. Casey soon falls in love with Chuck's sister Eadie. Chuck leaves college to work in his father's workshop. He wants to develop a special gas turbine further. While working in the workshop, Casey competes in races and soon becomes a well-known racing driver.
Multi-million dollar racing fan Stanford Rogers hires Casey to build two turbine-powered cars for an endurance race. Casey, who ignores scientific advances, does not believe in testing in the wind tunnel. During a high-speed test, he causes a total write-off and is then fired by Rogers.
With the help of his parents and the parents of Chuck and Eadie, Casey is able to buy Rogers' newly developed turbine. This time he takes the new knowledge of science into account and builds a new car with the turbine. After Casey wins the endurance race and uses the prize money to pay off his debt, Casey marries Eadie and goes back to college.
Reviews
"An experienced staging, mentally undemanding-upright teenage film (...) The taste is entirely geared towards a young American audience, underlaid with a cautious educational tendency."
"Cheap action and horsepower cult from 1964"
Awards
The sound editing of the film was nominated for an Oscar in 1964 . Robert L. Bratton won the Golden Reel Award for his work that same year.
background
The film's racing scenes were shot on the Arroyo Seco Parkdrive in Pasadena . Another location was Death Valley . The turbine that can be seen in the film comes from Chrysler , who wanted to use it to publicize their turbine program.
The three-time Oscar winner Alexander Golitzen was responsible for the equipment . One of his partners was set decorator Joseph Kish, who won an Oscar in 1966. Oscar nominated Robert L. Bratton only worked on four films. This film is his last film work.
Soundtrack
Bobby Darin composed and wrote the following songs for the film: The Lively Set (sung by James Darren), If You Love Him and Casey Wake Up! (both sung by Joanie Sommers), as well as Boss Barracuda (sung by the group The Surfaris ). Randy Newman wrote the lyrics for the song Look at Me , sung by Wink Martindale .
Web links
- A reckless daredevil in the Internet Movie Database (English)