Maniacs on Wheels

Set in the 1930s, factory worker Bill Fox quits his job and becomes a speedway rider the Cobra Speedway. The track owner, Rowton, puts Fox in a novice race that he subsequently wins, but as his success grows so does his ego, and he becomes dazzled both by his new-found fame and the radiance of socialite Dotty Liz. Even when his best friend on the track, Aussie Lag Gibbon, flies overthe handlebars and is seriously injured, it doesn’t deter Bill from racing.

Bill does eventually become disillusioned with his Mayfair girlfriend and her circle of friends. He goes on to marry Lag’s sister Pat, and tries to form a union to ensure the riders and their families are financially secure should an accident occur on the track. Pat attempts to steer Bill away from the track and towards opening a garage, butwhen he instead proposes they move to the US and he continues racing – she leaves him. WWII arrives and Bill enlists as a motorcycle courier. After the war Billis left with two alternatives, make a success of his marriage or return to the track? —Britmovie.co.uk