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In Spite of Danger (1935)

Bill Crane, race-car driver has an accident while racing and finds himself unable to return to the fast-paced racetrack. Looking for another occupation he meets a girl, Sally Sullivan, who runs a roadside lunch-wagon and she helps him get a job as a truck driver. They fall in love and get married. He gets a contract to haul a load of dynamite and, when coming down a steep mountain, he finds his truck's brakes have been sabotaged, just as were the brakes on his race-car.

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Wallace FordBob Crane
Marian MarshSally Sullivan
Arthur HohlSteve Lynch
Charley GrapewinPop Sullivan
Charles MiddletonMr. Merritt
Edward LeSaintDr. Daley
Dick WesselMonk Grady
Stanley BlystoneChekcer
Charles BrinleyCummings' Helper
Sam FlintSanders

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