High Explosive

Name: High Explosive
Genre: Drama
Released: 1943-03-27
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Barry Sullivan

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6.4/10

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Chester Morris, Jean Parker, and Barry Sullivan in High Explosive (1943)

Drama

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to g... Read allMike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secret... Read allMike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger b... Read all

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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

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6/10

good performances

There wasn't one plot element in High Explosives that you couldn't have predicted, but it still managed to be pretty good.

The story concerns a washed-out race car driver, played by Chester Morris, who goes back to work as a nitrogen driver for his old boss, Barry Sullivan. He becomes immediately interested in Sullivan's secretary, played by Jean Parker. Rand Books plays Parker's brother, who gets a job moving nitrogen as well.

One interesting thing is that the Morris character scoffs at the idea of America entering the war. This film was made in 1943 but the time is set in 1941. The opinions about getting into the war were very divided, but when I looked at old newspapers with the dreadful headlines coming from Europe, it was amazing to me that we stayed out of it as long as we did.

The acting was good. I especially enjoyed Jean Parker, who reminded me of Jean Arthur. The film quality was terrible, which made it hard to watch. The end of the film was exciting if predictable.