A champion auto racer takes a job with a taxicab company being harassed by a gangster who wants to take over all the cab companies in town.A champion auto racer takes a job with a taxicab company being harassed by a gangster who wants to take over all the cab companies in town.A champion auto racer takes a job with a taxicab company being harassed by a gangster who wants to take over all the cab companies in town.
George Walcott
- Danny Horton
- (as George Wolcott)
Stanley Andrews
- Police Commissioner
- (uncredited)
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Garage Mechanic
- (uncredited)
Chick Collins
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
- Dora - at the Race Track
- (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
- Martin's Mechanic
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
- Garage Foreman
- (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDue to an accident during filming in which he injured two fingers of his left hand, Brian Donlevy spends almost the entire film with the hand in in his pocket, heavily gloved, or otherwise out of sight. His bandaged hand is finally revealed late in the final sequence.
- GoofsWhen "Hurry" Kane drops Sybil off at the county jail, there is only minimal damage to the taxi. In the next scene, the taxi pulls into the garage with substantial damage.
Featured review
A Top Fox "B"
An extremely lively, well-acted programmer, credited to director Mal St Clair, a top man in the silent period, but now working in Fox's "B" unit. As usual for Fox, the budget looks extremely generous for a "B"-grader, with lots of extras, attractive sets, and Miss Hudson modeling a stunning series of winning costumes. But most important ingredient of all: scads of action! Indeed perhaps too much action and too over the top. The script is credited to John Patrick, plus Fox's top writing team, Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. Unfortunately, "Born Reckless" was a troubled production. Donlevy injured his left hand, other writers were brought in, and director Gustav Machaty shot some footage – possibly all of the more spirited scenes with Donlevy which do not seem typical of credited director Mal St Clair's usual, far more leisurely style. The action spots are certainly most vigorously staged but rather far-fetched for what is supposed to be a realistic exposé of graft and corruption in the taxi industry.
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- JohnHowardReid
- Jun 25, 2008
Details
- Runtime59 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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