High Explosive

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Frank McDonald

Writers

Maxwell Shane, Howard J. Green, Joseph Hoffman

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

27 March 1943

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Chester Morris

  Buzz Mitchell

• 

  Jean Parker

  Connie Baker

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  Barry Sullivan

  Mike Douglas

• 

  Ralph Sanford

  Squinchy Andrews

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  Rand Brooks

  Jimmy Baker

• 

  Dick Purcell

  Dave

• 

  Jack Randall

  Joe (as Allan Byron)

• Barbara Lynn

  Doris Lynch