Speed to Spare (1937 film)

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

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

Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
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1920s	The Toll Gate (1920) Sand! (1920) The Cradle of Courage (1920) The Testing Block (1920) O'Malley of the Mounted (1921) The Whistle (1921) White Oak (1921) White Hands (1922) Travelin' On (1922) The Super-Sex (1922) Caught Bluffing (1922) The Altar Stairs (1922) Scars of Jealousy (1923) Temporary Marriage (1923) The Shock (1923) The Spoilers (1923) Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923) Eyes of the Forest (1923) Those Who Dance (1924) Barbara Frietchie (1924) I Want My Man (1925) The Knockout (1925) The Unguarded Hour (1925) The Making of O'Malley (1925) Her Second Chance (1926) Miss Nobody (1926) 30 Below Zero (1926) The War Horse (1927) Chain Lightning (1927) The Branded Sombrero (1928)
1930s	Beau Bandit (1930) The Deadline (1931) One Man Law (1931) Forbidden Trail (1932) South of the Rio Grande (1932) Hello Trouble (1932) Dangerous Crossroads (1933) The Fighting Code (1933) Before Midnight (1933) Police Car 17 (1933) Unknown Valley (1933) Master of Men (1933) Once to Every Woman (1934) The Man Trailer (1934) Men of the Night (1934) The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) The Defense Rests (1934) Against the Law (1934) One Is Guilty (1934) Behind the Evidence (1935) In Spite of Danger (1935) Men of the Hour (1935) The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935) Super Speed (1935) The Invisible Ray (1936) Dangerous Waters (1936) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Girls Can Play (1937) Speed to Spare (1937) All American Sweetheart (1937) Gang Bullets (1938) My Old Kentucky Home (1938) Extortion (1938) Women in Prison (1938) Convict's Code (1939) Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
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