Fast Company (1953 film)

Fast Company
Directed byJohn Sturges
Written byWilliam Roberts
Adaptation:
Don Mankiewicz
Story:
Eustace Cockrell
Produced byHenry Berman
StarringHoward Keel
Polly Bergen
Nina Foch
CinematographyHarold Lipstein
Edited byJoseph Dervin
Music byAlberto Colombo
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 12, 1953 (1953-05-12)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$584,000[1][2]
Box office$523,000[1]

Fast Company is a 1953 American comedy film directed by John Sturges and starring Howard Keel, Polly Bergen and Nina Foch. It was produced and distributed by major studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Carol Maldon leaves New York to run her recently deceased father's stable. Rick Grayton is the trainer and jockey of her horse Gay Fleet. It is an exceptional horse, but no one yet knows Gay Fleet because it is still young. Rick has been intentionally losing races to make the horse seem inferior so that he can buy it from Carol cheaply. However, he is discovered by Mercedes, a rival stable owner, who tells Rick's plan to Carol.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records, the film earned $392,000 in the US and Canada and $131,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $275,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p77


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