The Fireball

The FireballRound and round they go. Where they'll crash, nobody knows! Filmed when Roller Derby was one of TV 's most watched programs, The Fireball blazes by with three Hollywood legends (Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien, Marilyn Monroe) and its slam 'em over the handrail, roller speedway realism. Rooney is the me first kid who knocks the banked oval world on its keester and later rediscovers his humanity when life decks him with a hard right called polio. O'Brien,

he's on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal's son-in-law

a year after her iconic portrayal of the itsy-voiced screen siren in Singin' in the Rain

An assassin who can only do his vile deeds while Moonlight Sonata plays is one of the lapel-grabbing flourishes of this noir programmer from prolific "Killer B" director Edward L

This fateful step launches a rocketlike career of business success

are plunged into a downward spiral that means imprisonment for him and a tragic love affair for her

Men Against the Sky also features footage of Howard Hughes' experimental H-l Racer

Joanna (Helen Wood) offers swellegant sophistication

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but for its unexpected and intriguing cast

To protect their secrets

very strong impulses

Colonel Claude Brackenby (Academy Award winner Melvyn Douglas)