''Crash Drive'' is a 1959 British racing car film starring

Dermot Walsh Dermot Walsh (10 September 1924 – 26 June 2002) was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying King Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series '' ''Richard the Lionheart'. Early life Born in Dublin, Walsh was t ...

, which was produced by the

Danziger Brothers Edward J. Danziger (1909–1999) and Harry Lee Danziger (1913–2005) were American-born brothers who produced many British films and TV shows in the 1950s and 1960s. According to one profile "throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, their second fea ...

. Rolf Harris has a small role.

Plot

Paul Dixon is an international racing driver severely depressed after being paralysed from the waist down in a crash. He seems to have lost everything, including his will to live. His estranged wife Ann returns to him in the wake of the accident and attempts to cure him of his despair.

Cast

as Paul Dixon * Wendy Williams as Ann Dixon *

Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., a ...

as Dr. Marshall * Anton Rodgers as Tomson *

Grace Arnold Grace Arnold (19 September 1894 – 26 February 1979) was an English actress. Selected filmography * ''Guilt'' (1931) * ''Men Without Honour'' (1939) - Mrs. Hardy * ''Crimes at the Dark House'' (1940) - Maid (uncredited) * ''Spare a Copper'' ( ...

as Mrs. Dixon *Ann Sears as Nurse Phillips *George Roderick as Manotti * Garard Green as Forbes * Geoffrey Hibbert as Henry *Russell Cardon as Boy pushing wheelchair

Critical reception

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wrote, "this very minor, modest and mostly mediocre British melodrama - partly written by ''The Avengers'' producer Brian Clemens - has a hard job getting into gear."

References

External links

* 1959 films British auto racing films British drama films Films shot at New Elstree Studios 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{sport-film-stub