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High Gear is a american film of genre Drama directed by Leigh Jason released in USA on 21 march 1933 with James Murray
High Gear (1933)
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Add to a movie listHigh Gear is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Leigh Jason. The film is also known as The Big Thrill in the United Kingdom.
Synopsis
Mark "High Gear" Sherrod has been a race car driver for the past five years and is now at the height of his career. His co-driver Ed is the widowed father of Jimmy. Ed promised his wife before she died that he would send Jimmy off to a fine military school after winning the "big race". The day before the race finds Jimmy and Ed at home in their apartment, with Mr. and Mrs. Cohen visiting, and reporter Anne Merrit sneaking into Mark's hotel room for an exclusive interview. Mark agrees to give her the interview she needs over a dinner table. She break the date she already has for the night with her boss Larry Winston and goes out with Mark. Larry Winston walks into the same restaurant Mark and Anne are dining at, and sees them. Larry walks over to their table and has Anne introduce him to Mark. The two men become rivals.Actors
James Murray
(Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod)
Joan Marsh
(Anne Merritt)
Ann Brody
(Mrs. Cohen)
Theodore von Eltz
(Larry 'Keyhole' Winston)
Lee Moran
(Howard - Mechanic)
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