Speedway

1968

Comedy / Musical / Romance

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 2956 3K

musical racing metrocolor

Plot summary

A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.

Director

Norman Taurog Photo
Norman Taurog

Top cast

Sally Mills Photo
Sally Mills as 1st Waitress
Gale Gordon Photo
Gale Gordon as R.W. Hepworth
Ross Hagen Photo
Ross Hagen as Paul Dado
Victoria Paige Meyerink Photo
Victoria Paige Meyerink as Ellie Esterlake
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864.67 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1
1.57 GB
1910*796
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dave13-1 5 / 10

Another predictable formula quickie

Most of the movies Elvis made for director Norman Taurog of MGM from '65-'68 have little to recommend them and this is a prime example / offender. Elvis plays a NASCAR driver with unpaid taxes and Nancy Sinatra is his IRS watchdog / love interest. There is a big race coming up. No points for guessing the rest. Yawn. There is a decent song and dance number set in the waiting room at the IRS building (really!!) and some very good racing action. NASCAR stars such as Buddy Baker and Richard Petty did the driving and it looks very real, at least until we see Elvis in close up in front of an obvious rear projection screen. Man, I hate those things. Elvis and Nancy have about 5% of the on-screen chemistry Elvis and Ann- Margret had in Viva Las Vegas and the songs are about 5% as good. Watch that one instead. It's even about racing, too, but road racing rather than NASCAR, so I guess this one is supposed to be different... Not awful, really, but about as formulaic, derivative and forgettable as Elvis' movie output ever got.
Reviewed by Retroman40 6 / 10

Elvis You Can Drive My Car

Typical Elvis movie of the period. A kind hearted stock day driving Elvis is quick on and off the track. This movie is a must see for any modern day NASCAR fan not so much for the action, but for vintage scenes from Charlotte Motor Speedway (now Lowe's Motor Speedway). Note the lap times compared to today...wow. The gadgetry in his trailer is classic. Gale Gordon is excellent as a senior IRS investigator. Bill Bixby is hilarious as Elvis' sidekick. Sadly, there really wasn't enough chemistry with Nancy Sinatra. The film is, of course, safe to view with the whole family with nothing more than some cartoon-like fight scenes. Not Elvis' best effort, but a good, lighthearted enjoyable film.
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