Mr. Reckless (1948)
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The same week that Pine-Thomas Productions' Speed to Spare was tradeshown in Los Angeles, the company released another of its patented adventure programmers, Mr. Reckless. William Eythe plays the title character, an oil-well digger named Jeff Lundy. Returning to his hometown after a long absence, Jeff is displeased to discover that his sweetheart Betty Denton (Barbara Britton) is engaged to the much-older Jim Halsey (Ian McDonald). Though outwardly philosophical about the whole matter, Jeff concocts several outlandish schemes to win Betty back, most of these hinging upon his daredevil oil-field activities. Walter Catlett and Lloyd Corrigan steal the show with their time-honored mugging and gesticulating. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Eythe, Barbara Britton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Mr. Reckless
The same week that Pine-Thomas Productions' Speed to Spare was tradeshown in Los Angeles, the company released another of its patented adventure programmers, Mr. Reckless. William Eythe plays the title character, an oil-well digger named Jeff Lundy. Returning to his hometown after a long absence, Jeff is displeased to discover that his sweetheart Betty Denton (Barbara Britton) is engaged to the much-older Jim Halsey (Ian McDonald). Though outwardly philosophical about the whole matter, Jeff concocts several outlandish schemes to win Betty back, most of these hinging upon his daredevil oil-field activities. Walter Catlett and Lloyd Corrigan steal the show with their time-honored mugging and gesticulating. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 66 mins
Complete Cast of Mr. Reckless
- William Eythe - Jeff Lundy
- Walter Catlett - Joel Hawkins
- Lloyd Corrigan - Hugo Denton
- Ian MacDonald - Jim Halsey
- Barbara Britton - Betty Denton
- Nestor Paiva - Gus
- Minna Gombell - Ma Hawkins
- James Millican - Pete
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
- Writer(s):
- Maxwell Shane, Milton M. Raison
- Producer(s):
- William Pine, William C. Thomas
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