Road Runners

"Mel" is a hot-rodder who quickly conforms when he discovers the Santa Ana drag strip and the Lake El Mirage timing trials. These provide a "safe and constructive outlet," the narrator tells us, and help mitigate the "juvenile nuisance problem." "Trophies now instead of traffic tickets! He'll never speed on the highway again!"

Director: George DeNormand, Wanda Tuchock

Cast: Melvin Potts, Thera Ward, Hugh Douglas

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.