The Fast and the Furious
About The Fast and the Furious
Truck driver Frank Webster, jailed for a murder he says he did not do, breaks out and heads for Mexico. In a Southern California coffee shop he grabs Connie Adair and her Jaguar XK120. She races the car herself. He enters a cross-border sports-car race under another name. She keeps trying to get away. He locks her in a shed for the start. She sets a fire, is let out, and tells the police. At the border Frank stops to pull Faber, who has crashed, out of a wreck. Connie catches up. Frank agrees to turn himself in, and they embrace.
Cast & crew
More about The Fast and the Furious
John Ireland and Edward Sampson directed. Roger Corman produced and wrote the story. Jerome Odlum and Jean Howell wrote the screenplay. Floyd Crosby photographed it. Alexander Gerens is credited with the music. American Releasing Corporation, later American International Pictures, put it out in November 1954. It was that company's first release and Corman's second feature as producer.
Themes
Look
Floyd Crosby shot the exteriors around Malibu and the race footage.
Music
Alexander Gerens is the credited composer.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Dorothy Malone plays Connie. Bruce Carlisle plays Faber. Iris Adrian plays Wilma Belding.
- A local Jaguar dealer lent the XK120s. Corman drove the second race car.
- Most exteriors were shot around Malibu and Point Dume, with racing footage from Monterey.
- In 2001 Neal H. Moritz and Universal licensed the title for a later street-racing film. Corman has said Moritz's father, a former AIP executive, suggested reusing it.
Scenes
- Frank drives off in Connie's XK120 after the coffee-shop grab.
- He turns back for Faber at the border crash, and Connie finds them there.
Also available
- Internet Archive (The_Fast_and_the_Furious)
