Hot Rod is a 1950 American drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jimmy Lydon, Art Baker, Myron Healey, Gloria Winters and Gil Stratton.Stanfield, Peter. The Cool and the Crazy: Pop Fifties Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 2015. p. 117. . .
Plot
Cast Jimmy Lydon as David Langham Art Baker as Judge Langham Gil Stratton as Clarence "Swifty" Johnson Gloria Winters as Janie Evans Myron Healey as Joe Langham Tommy Bond as Jack Blodgett Jean Dean as Gloria Bret Hamilton as Paul Marshall Reed as John C. Roberts Dennis Moore as motorcycle patrolman Sailor Vincent as holdup man
Production Jimmy Lydon was announced as the film's star just before production began in late July 1950. The production wrapped within one week.
Reception Critic Dorothy Masters of the New York Daily News wrote: "The plot for 'Hot Rod' is considerably more transparent than the celluloid it's printed on. In undertaking an indictment of souped-up cars in irresponsible hands on public highways, the picture telegraphs its melodramatics in the first reel. ... James Lydon tried hard and does as well as can be expected of such a poorly written role."
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