| Jeff wrote:
> This seems like a Tony Curtis movie I once saw. "Johnny Dark": about 1955/6.
>Tony worked for an automobile company"Fielding Motors", cars looked a lot like 
>Willys Aeros to me.
 
>and he created a black sports car that was entered in a cross country race.A 
>relabeled Woodhill Wildfire.
  
>Against all odds he built the car, raced it and won. Against a character they 
>keep referring to as "Phill Hill"; my copy, off cable TV, 
has the end titles chopped off, so I don't know if Mr. Hill was in it or not, 
you 
never get a clear look at his face.
>It was pretty stupid and hokey. I forgot the name of the movie but its 
>worth watching just for laughs.No Oscars awarded for this one, I'll grant you 
>that.
This came up on the List last year, sorry to re-post but the subject did come 
up again.
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