For shots of the Mille Miglia and other 50's sports car races (some real,
some contrived), both "The Green Helmet" (with guest appearance by Jack
Brabham) and "The Racers" (w/Kirk Douglas) can't be beat.
Both have been shown on SpeedVision's Saturday Night Drive-In Movies show
from time to time, but with SV about to become the NASCAR channel, that may
change.
It does not appear that "The Green Helmet" is available on video. If the
original belongs to Turner, it may be shown on the Turner Classic Movie
channel. "The Racers" is available from Blockbuster.
Jim Hill
SpyderWeb Vintage Racing
Madison WI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie and Linda Duckworth" <iiv000@mail.connect.more.net>
To: "TR6" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: Movie: The Green Helmet
> The September 2001 issue of Sports Cars International has a short article
on
> page 94 on "Car Flicks" by Winston Goodfellow. One of the top five movies
> he mentions is a 1961 movie titled "The Green Helmet" with shots of the
> 1954-55 Milie Miglia and the star driving a Lister Jaguar. I did a Google
> search on this title and only came up with a site having a short review of
> the movie and photos and a poster but nothing available in VCR or DVD.
> Anyone know where I could get a VCR copy of this movie?
>
> Thanks, Charlie
>
> (who started replacing the gasket on the oil pan yesterday around 4:30 pm
> and finally finished last night around 9:30 pm - not something I'm looking
> forward to again...I don't think I've been that covered with oil/dirt
since
> I was 4 years old on my uncle's farm tractor)
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