''Blonde Comet'' is a 1941 American

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racing film directed by

William Beaudine William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out a remarkable 179 feature-length films in a wide variety of genres. He is best know ...

and starring Virginia Vale, Robert Kent, and

Barney Oldfield Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield (January 29, 1878 – October 4, 1946) was a pioneer American racing driver. His name was "synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century". He was the winner of the inaugural List of American ope ...

. It was distributed by the

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as a

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Plot

A female racing driver competes all over Europe then returns to America where she finds romance with a male driver against whom she races. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''..Blonde Comet''
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Cast

* Virginia Vale as Beverly Blake * Robert Kent as Jim Flynn *

as Himself *

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as Curly * William Halligan as Cannonball Blake *Joey Ray as Red Stewart *Red Knight as Tex *Diana Hughes as Jennie

References

External links

''Blonde Comet''
in the

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* 1941 films American auto racing films Films directed by William Beaudine 1940s sports films Producers Releasing Corporation films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language sports films {{sport-film-stub