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Director: Edward Ludwig
Genres: Sports Drama, Drama
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Summary:
In The Big Wheel, Mickey Rooney plays Billy Coy, a garage mechanic who matriculates into a champion race-car driver. On the way to the top, he steps on friends and foes alike. He even manages to briefly alienate his saintly mother (Spring Byington). The cocky Coy eventually kills another racer when he forgets that gas and alcohol don't mix. It takes some doing, but Billy finally... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Mickey Rooney - (Billy Coy)
Thomas Mitchell - (Red Stanley)
Michael O'Shea - (Vic Sullivan)
Spring Byington - (Mrs. Mary Coy)
Mary Hatcher - (Louise Riley)
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Review:
A thoroughly average but also quite watchable little sports flick, The Big Wheel will probably appeal most to race fans, especially those with an itch to experience automobile racing "as it used to be." Indeed, the best parts of Wheel come when it puts its stock characters and stock situations on hold and takes to the speedway. What happens o... Continue >>

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