High Explosive
High Explosive

Movie·1943·1h 3m

High Explosive

Two TNT Men... and a girl who's dynamite!

Directed By

Frank McDonald

Country

United States of America

Language

English

CineAI Pitch

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The Story

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.

Written By

Maxwell Shane, Howard J. Green

Themes

deceptionnitroglycerin

Production House

Paramount Pictures
Pine-Thomas Productions

Audience Score

63%

4 votes

Skip13%
Timepass29%
Go for it37%
Perfection21%

Where to watch

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Cast

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Buzz Mitchell

Jean Parker

Jean Parker

Connie Baker

Barry Sullivan

Barry Sullivan

Mike Douglas

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Squinchy Andrews

Rand Brooks

Rand Brooks

Jimmy Baker

Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Dave

Jack Randall

Jack Randall

Joe (as Allan Byron)

Barbara Lynn

Doris Lynch

// crew

Crew

Frank McDonald

Frank McDonald

Director

Maxwell Shane

Screenplay

Howard J. Green

Howard J. Green

Screenplay

Joseph Hoffman

Story

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