An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.
Irene Bolton
- Pretty Girl
- (uncredited)
John Close
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
John Damler
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Linda Danson
- Pretty Girl
- (uncredited)
Diana Dawson
- Pretty Girl
- (uncredited)
Jean Engstrom
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Peggy Maley
- Marge
- (uncredited)
Patrick Miller
- Teller
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
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- TriviaThis movie has a similar story line to the Ernest Hemingway movie The Killers (1946), starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, which was remade (The Killers (1964)) with Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson, and Ronald Reagan.
- Goofs(at around 10 mins) Eddie pulls up at Barbara's apartment and parks behind a gray Ford. When Barbara drives off a few minutes later, Eddie's MG is missing, but the Ford is still there.
- Quotes
Marge: Could I peel this onion? I can't stand to see a grown man cry.
Steve Norris: Take it with you, beautiful; drop it into a large martini.
Featured review
20 miles in under 20 minutes
A shy Los Angeles mechanic and weekend racer (Mickey Rooney) is duped into being the getaway driver for bank robbers played by Kevin McCarthy and Jack Kelly. It seems as if they have a rather elaborate plot to hook him into their scheme by using McCarthy's girlfriend played by attractive Dianne Foster as lure for the shy and withdrawn Rooney who only has his job and his racing trophies to keep him going. It all works fairly well and shows how an innocent person is lured into doing something he would never ordinarily do with the bait being implied sex. Rooney is really good but so are both Kevin McCarthy and his partner played by Jack Kelly. The robbery itself occurs in Palm Springs and does not disappoint in execution with Kelly especially good as the gunman cracking jokes as he accompanies the head teller to the bank followed by the getaway car (which was souped up by Rooney). The film's title comes into play as Rooney drives like mad over a twisting mountain road back to the highway in under twenty minutes. All the elements of the story are mixed pretty well with a tough ending.
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- Also known as
- Johnny Big Shot
- Filming locations
- 1769 N. Orange Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA(Barbara Mathews apartment)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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