Mr. Reckless
1948 · Movie · 69 min · ★ 5.0
Adventurous oil-well digger Jeff Lundy (Eythe) returns to his home town after several years, to find that his high school sweetheart Betty Denton (Britton) is engaged to Jim Halsey (MacDonald), a man several years older than her. Upset over the engagement, Jeff decides to win Betty back by performing several highly risky and dangerous stunts in the oil fields to impress her. He's going to get her back or die trying!
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Details
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-03-26
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 69 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.0/10 (5 votes)
Themes
- oil well
- oil field
Cast & crew
William Eythe
as Jeff Lundy
Barbara Britton
as Betty Denton
Walter Catlett
as Joel Hawkins
Minna Gombell
as Ma Hawkins
Lloyd Corrigan
as Hugo Denton
Nestor Paiva
as Gus
Frank Jenks
as Cab Driver
Ian MacDonald
as Jim Halsey
James Millican
as Pete
Francis Pierlot
as Rev. Stanislaus
Directed by Frank McDonald