The Crowd Roars | |
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Directed by | Howard Hawks |
Screenplay by | John Bright Niven Busch Kubec Glasmon Seton I. Miller |
Story by | Howard Hawks |
Starring | James Cagney Joan Blondell |
Cinematography | Sidney Hickox John Stumar |
Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $265,000[1] |
Box office | $769,000[1] |
The Crowd Roars is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Howard Hawks starring James Cagney and featuring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee, and Frank McHugh. A film of the same name was made in 1938 with a different story, starring Robert Taylor.
The driver in the film's auto racing sequences was Harry Hartz, a successful board track and Indianapolis 500 race professional. It was remade in 1939 as Indianapolis Speedway with Pat O'Brien in Cagney's role, Ann Sheridan in Blondell's role, and McHugh reprising his role.