Soapbox Derby (1957)

Review: Soapbox Derby (1957)

Director: Darcy Conyers

Cast: Michael Crawford, Keith Davis, Roy Townsend, Alan Coleshill, Malcolm Kirby,

Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
Keith Davis
Keith Davis
Roy Townsend
Roy Townsend
Alan Coleshill
Alan Coleshill
Malcolm Kirby
Malcolm Kirby

Plot: The Battersea Bats are a gang of four kids who have their den in an abandoned building near the Thames, and they have a plan of action in mind because in about a week there is a soapbox derby being held, a contest they mean to win.

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Compulsive Viewing: A Personal Pathology Part 2

Compulsive Viewing: A Personal Pathology Part 2

Continuing my survey of one month’s movie viewing: Red Dawn (Dan Bradley, 2012): As dumb as John Milius’ original about small town American kids fighting against vicious invaders. Milius had Nicaragua(!) taking over the States; here […]

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