Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott wrote:
>
> How about the Kirk Douglas film 'Such Men are Dangerous'(??) where he
> drives an ex Stirling Moss HWM. This car eventually became the 'Stovebolt
> Special' when fitted with a 283 Chev V8 after the Alta engine went to
> lunch.
I know that film (also starring Bella Darvi and Anthony Quinn) under the
name "The Racers." Well worth watching -- *stupid* movie, *great*
cars. They reprise the famous Varzi-Nuvolari duel in the Mille Miglia
(was it 1930? books are at home, I'm not), where Nuvolari turned his
lights off and chased down his arch-rival, who had been taking it easy
since he hadn't seen a car behind him.
The plot is the usual mishmash of hokey romance and embittered rivalry
between ex-friends that Hollywood seems to think must be associated with
any film about racing. But the first race is one for *sports cars*, of
all things, on the GP circuit at Monte Carlo. It's breathtakingly
exciting to see a Healey Hundred oversteering out of the Tobacconist's
Corner, not to mention Kirk Douglas' Alta-HWM previously mentioned
blasting down Casino.
--Scott
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