The Big Wheel (1949)

Directors

Edward Ludwig

Cast

Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher, Michael O'Shea

The story

Billy Coy (Mickey Rooney) arrives in the town of Carrell, California and offers himself as a mechanic for Arthur "Red" Stanley (Thomas Mitchell) at his garage. Red turns down Billy initially, but after seeing a photo of his father, "Cannonball" Coy, a famous driver, Red scares up a job for Billy. Billy's father died in an accident at the Indianapolis 500 several years previously.

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