James Murray is on track to become a great racing driver. However, when his mechanic is killed in an accident, he gains the responsibility for the orphaned Jackie Searl and loses his nerve. He abandons his budding romance with newspaperwoman Joan Marsh and becomes the most cautious taxi driver in the city. Miss Marsh tracks him down, but when jealous Theodore von Eltz spots her emerging from Murray's cab, he spreads the news far and wide.
It's a very cheap B movie, and while the talent is good -- including director Leigh Jason, there's a lot of cut-in stock footage and a by-the-numbers plotting. Murray had come down hard from his glory days, peaking five years earlier with the co-lead in Vidor's THE CROWD. He is reported to have become an alcoholic by 1930, and while he gives a good performance here and in HEROES FOR SALE, by the end of the year, he would be largely relegated to uncredited bit parts. He would die in 1936.
The poor review of this movie may be due in part to the poor quality of the print I watched, which seemed to have bits out of order.
It's a very cheap B movie, and while the talent is good -- including director Leigh Jason, there's a lot of cut-in stock footage and a by-the-numbers plotting. Murray had come down hard from his glory days, peaking five years earlier with the co-lead in Vidor's THE CROWD. He is reported to have become an alcoholic by 1930, and while he gives a good performance here and in HEROES FOR SALE, by the end of the year, he would be largely relegated to uncredited bit parts. He would die in 1936.
The poor review of this movie may be due in part to the poor quality of the print I watched, which seemed to have bits out of order.