Crashing the Movies (1950)
This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a pane of glass, a car being driven up a ramp and crashing on top of other cars, a human loop-the-loop, and a man who has a cannonball shot at his abdomen at close range.
Director: Dave O'Brien
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Pete Smith as Narrator (voice) |
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Frank Richards as Himself (as 'Cannonball' Richards) |
| Directing | Dave O'Brien | Director |
| Editing | Joseph Dietrick | Editor |
| Production | Pete Smith | Producer |
| Writing | Joe Ansen | Writer |