deception,nitroglycerin

High Explosive (1943)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Frank McDonald
  • Profile picture of Chester Morris
    Buzz Mitchell Chester Morris
  • Profile picture of Jean Parker
    Connie Baker Jean Parker
  • Profile picture of Barry Sullivan
    Mike Douglas Barry Sullivan
  • Profile picture of Ralph Sanford
    Squinchy Andrews Ralph Sanford
  • Profile picture of Rand Brooks
    Jimmy Baker Rand Brooks
  • Profile picture of Dick Purcell
    Dave Dick Purcell
  • Profile picture of Jack Randall
    Joe (as Allan Byron) Jack Randall

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Keywords

  • deception
  • nitroglycerin