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Speedway

Speedway

Comedy · Music · Romance · 1968

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

Movie details

Speedway

“Smooth, fast and in high gear!”

1968 Comedy · Music · Romance 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.5 / 10

2.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

52 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

53 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Speedway?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Written by

Phil Shuken

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Steve Grayson

Nancy Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra

Susan Jacks

Bill Bixby

Bill Bixby

Kenny Donford

Gale Gordon

Gale Gordon

R.W. Hepworth

William Schallert

William Schallert

Abel Esterlake

Victoria Paige Meyerink

Victoria Paige Meyerink

Ellie Esterlake

Ross Hagen

Ross Hagen

Paul Dado

Court is in session

Put Speedway on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.