cult film freak: SUSAN SHAW AND PAUL CARPENTER IN WOLF RILLA'S 'STOCK CAR'

Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2025 / No comments / british film noir , fifties , harry fowler , patrick jordan , paul carpenter , race car , robert rietty , rona anderson , sabrina , susan shaw , wolf rilla

SUSAN SHAW AND PAUL CARPENTER IN WOLF RILLA'S 'STOCK CAR'

6/04/2025 | No comment

Title: STOCK CAR Year: 1955 Rating: ****

Canadian actor turned British movie stock American character Paul Carpenter had one of the smoothest voices in the history of cinema, so much that he'd either play random announcers or sometimes co-leads, like in director Wolf Rilla's STOCK CAR...

By looks he didn't really stand out, yet with a cool enough demeanor suiting the vocal delivery, it's easier to believe that two polar opposite dames (bad blonde and virginal brunette) would be instantly smitten...

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR

Rilla's THE LARGE ROPE starlet Susan Shaw is the closest thing to this semi-noir's femme fetale, the secretary/lover of a fat crooked businessman scheming to take over a lucrative motor garage from the daughter of a race car driver who died on the nearby track...

All gathered within a load of expository dialogue made more interesting with Interesting characters, like comic relief henchman Harry Fowler (teamed with stern/muscular Patrick Jordon), whose girlfriend Sabrina adds another gorgeous blonde to a B&W programmer that never loses focus of ingenue/business-owning brunette Rona Anderson's main dilemma...

Harry Fowler in STOCK CAR

She knows less about if that charming "Yank" Carpenter has any tricks up his seemingly perfect sleeve, while only really counting on scene-stealing Italian mechanic (played by a multi-vocalized Brit) Robert Rietty...

Winding-up out of the motor garage, a neighboring hospital and a lushy nightclub onto the anticipated STOCK CAR race track, adding not only action but an actual popular sport into this little British programmer fully loaded with pretty much everything.

Stock Car race in STOCK CAR

Sabrina in STOCK CAR

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR

Susan Shaw and Paul Carpenter in STOCK CAR

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR

Rona Anderson and Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR

Rona Anderson in STOCK CAR

Rona Anderson and Paul Carpenter in STOCK CAR

Paul Carpenter in STOCK CAR

Rona Anderson in STOCK CAR

Robert Reitty in STOCK CAR

Sabrina, Susan Shaw and Paul Carpenter in STOCK CAR

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR with Paul Carpenter

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR with Paul Whitsun-Jones and Harry Fowler

Robert Reitty in STOCK CAR with Rona Anderson

Robert Reitty and Paul Carpenter in STOCK CAR

Susan Shaw in STOCK CAR with Paul Whitsun-Jones and Harry Fowler

Robert Reitty in STOCK CAR with Rona Anderson and Paul Carpenter

From STOCK CAR

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