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Directed by Clarence Brown |
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| Clark Gable |
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| Barbara Stanwyck |
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| Adolph Menjou |
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| A successful newswoman ruins a racecar driver's career and then falls for him. |
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| One-word View: Sincere |
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| Regina Forbes (Barbara) is a hard-nosed reporter with an appetite for sensationalizing and kicking her victims when they are down. When she witnesses, what she perceives to be Mike Brannan's (Clark) blatant disregard for his fellow racers on the track, the newswoman goes for the jugular. And she hits it. By the time she finishes "reporting" on his track behavior, which seems to have led to two fatal accidents, Mike cannot get a job racing bicycles at the county fair. Needless to say, the hostility is pretty thick between the two of them and as the story continues - - complete with lots of racing footage - - the proverbial line between love and hate disintegrates before our very eyes. Their first kiss leaves her swaying and him nursing a bloody lip. Now, that's what I call a great beginning.
But, do not be fooled by what might sound like just another boy meets girl, boy and girl fight, boy and girl fall in love story. This has a little more depth than the norm. Regina and Mike do not struggle and then run into each other's arms at the end as the credits begin to roll. They find love and come together early on and from there we bear witness to the very real issues that occur as people experience self-discovery and form relationships: facing professional conflicts, questioning personal integrity, experiencing self-doubt, fulfilling dreams, exposing vulnerabilities and making compromises.
"Mike, can't we just start over?"
"Baby what we have never stops."
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