The Devil's Hairpin (1957)

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Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day... See full summary »

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Nick Jargin
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Kelly James
Arthur Franz ...
Danny Rhinegold
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Mrs. Jargin
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Doc Addams
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Johnny Jargin
Gerald Milton ...
Mike Houston
Ross Bagdasarian ...
Tani Ritter
Jack Kosslyn ...
Tony Boari
Morgan Jones ...
Chico Martinez
Louis Wilde ...
The Parrot
Jack Latham ...
Race Announcer
Mabel Rea ...
Redhead (as Mabel Lillian Rae)
Dorene Porter ...
Blonde
Sue England ...
Brunette
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Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him. Nick returns to competition and this time around he will have not only to beat his new rival but also his own demons. Kelly, her pretty lover, and Mrs. Jargin, his no-nonsense mother will help him to. Written by Guy Bellinger

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4 October 1957 (USA)  »

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Die Teufelskurve  »

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Devil's Hairpin World Premiere was at the Victory Drive In Theater in North Hollywood California with Cornel Wilde and co-star 'Jean Wallace' making a personal appearance driving a custom race car. See more »

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Classic efforts by Wilde and the ever-lovely Jean Wallace
2 December 2006 | by (Left Coast, down low) – See all my reviews

That includes an extra point or two because I've met several of the auto racers who helped stage the 'competition" scenes, heard their stories about the production, and enjoyed tramping around almost all of what's left of the old Paramount Ranch racetrack. The track is still accessible as part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, inland from Malibu, north and west from Los Angeles.

Both the movie and the experiences with the racers and the track were enjoyable; the racers are stellar, the movie, not so much.

Wilde and Wallace were kind of a prototypical pair of capable actors, and in this outing the material doesn't inhibit their natural inclinations. The story gets told, the action moves right along, for the most part, and the ending follows the beginning and middle.

As a theatrical film, I'd probably not have gone to see it if I weren't a racing fan and it hadn't been 25 cents at the base theater.


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