Jim Hill wrote:
> You boys are talking about one of my all-time favorite movies (guess that
> dates me a bit), although I haven't seen it for a _long_ time.
>
> Fred Astaire was indeed the main character involved in the car race but he
> drove a Ferrari Monza, not a Jag.
>
> And he didn't kill himself in the race, although a lot of other drivers
> did - presumably as an alternative to a lingering death from the approaching
> radioactive cloud. Astaire's character won the race but, having failed to
> croak himself as he'd expected, drove the Ferrari into his garage, sealed
> the door and sat in the cockpit revving the engine with a smile on his face
> until his suicide was successful.
I did not see the movie, but there was an article in Life magazine about it at
the time. I remember seeing a picture in Life magazine of the car in the garage
for the suicide scene, and I about laughed my a++ off because the Ferrari did
not
have any carburetors on it -- at least that's what I thought at that tender
age.........
>
>
> And yes indeed, a Coke bottle attached to a window shade and a
> radiotelegraph key played a memorable part in the movie.
>
> Jim Hill
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