A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 16, 1932
Original Title:
Fast Life
Alternate Titles:
Frechheit siegt
Il levriero del mare
Sæt Farten op
Trelli zoi
Uma Vida Endiabrada
À Toda Velocidade
Genres:
Action | Comedy | Romance
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all they succeed in doing is sinking the Admiral's barge. After discharge, broke and out of work, they find work with a boat builder who wants the fastest race boat in the world. They design the boat, carburetor and the engine but lack of money and the foreclosure of the business hinders their efforts to prove the new design.
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Director:
Harry A. Pollard
Director of Photography:
Harold Wenstrom
Editor:
Hugh Wynn
Producer:
Harry A. Pollard
Screenplay:
Byron Morgan
Ralph Spence
Story:
E.J. Rath
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