Fast and the Furious, The

Great DVD
This film is nothing like the 2001 film of the same name and that's good. John Ireland does a great job being the criminal in this one and Dorothy Malone is good as the head smart woman in a man's world. While the film really does look like Roger Corman found a group of racers and decided to build a film around them, this is definitely not a bad film. It is defiantly a great little classic to watch.

The Fast and The Furious(The Real Deal,Original none of that Riceboy stuff)
This was before the Corvette(the Best,America's Sportscar) was given a V8 and made proper, So you will be seeing the Jaguar as the star of the movie,a Nice little car but not my scene,plenty of Racing action from the "Sportscar" Crowd so no hot rodding,good story but a bit dull,the plus is all the cars racing Especially the Allards! Allards were Caddy Powered(Some-those are my favorites),this was Way before a Puny little Honda or Ugly Scion or RWD Nissan was the car of choice sadly for My generation.

Think Roger Corman, Not Vin Diesel...
Not to be confused with the entirely unrelated Vin Diesel vehicle from a half-century later, Roger Corman's production of "The Fast and the Furious" from 1954 stars John Ireland and Dorothy Malone, with a large cast of supporting players like Snub Pollard and Bruno VeSota, who you may remember from a wide variety of roles including "Kojak," "The Wild Wild World of Batwoman," "Attack of the Giant Leeches," and even "Leave it to Beaver." While VeSota does fine, the low point for acting has to be the opening scenes in the restaurant anytime waitress Wilma (Iris Adrian) opens her mouth: her voice may be the most grating I have ever heard. Ireland and Malone do reasonably well with their parts, although the script is frequently implausible and extremely melodramatic.

The film has lots of typical 50s action ploys: the radio announcement providing the background, the hero wrongly accused of murder who gets a wealthy woman with lots of money and a Jaguar to fall for him, loads of...

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