
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