Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Thunder in Carolina (1960)

High octane track action makes up for a bit of a stall in the plot department.

We are in the early days of NASCAR and top racer Mitch (Rory Calhoun) is out of action for awhile following a bad crash in a race. 

Mitch takes young hotshot Les (Race Gentry) under his wing, unfortunately he also takes a shine to Les' wife Rene (Connie Hines) though this only one way. Success on track goes to Les' head and he begins to make some risky choices...

This film will be a bit more enjoyable if you like watching motor racing as these scenes are pretty good, the rest of the film could do with being in a higher gear. Not that bad but could have been more.