Top Speed (1930): Cast & Plot
Top Speed is a 1930 music comedy directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joe E. Brown as Elmer Peters, Jack Whiting and Bernice Claire. It runs 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 20m (80 min)
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- First National Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Top Speed About?
The premise of Top Speed without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
THRILLS! LAFFS! FUN! PEP! An order clerk poses as a millionaire.
Top Speed Themes & Keywords
· 38 tags- manipulative female
- male male relationship
- female sexual predator
- manipulative father
- man wears a swimsuit
- sweetheart
- summer
- resort
- race
- playboy
- summer resort
- boat race
+26 more Show fewer
- romantic rivalry
- early sound film
- song
- father daughter relationship
- yacht
- winner
- western union
- wealth
- tennis racquet
- telegram
- store clerk
- slang
- singing
- singer
- sheriff
- serenade
- regatta
- moonlight
- impostor
- hotel
- hotel manager
- high society
- deception
- cigarette smoking
- 1920s
- based on play
Top Speed Cast & Characters
Joe E. Brown leads the cast as Elmer Peters, with Jack Whiting as Gerald Brooks and Bernice Claire as Virginia Rollins. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; 13 actors are credited in all.
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Director Mervyn LeRoy
- Joe E. Brown as Elmer Peters
- Jack Whiting as Gerald Brooks
- Bernice Claire as Virginia Rollins
- Laura Lee as Babs Green
Also Starring in Top Speed
· 9 more- Edwin Maxwell J.W. Rollins
- Cyril Ring Vincent Colgate
- Edmund Breese Spencer Colgate
- Billy Bletcher Ipps
- Frank McHugh Tad Jordan
- Wade Boteler Sheriff
- Al Hill Briggs
- George 'Gabby' Hayes Western Union Clerk
- Rita Flynn Daisy
More from Mervyn LeRoy
More films directed by Mervyn LeRoy, best-rated first: The Wizard of Oz, Waterloo Bridge, Mister Roberts and Quo Vadis.
Top Speed Plot Summary
What happens in Top Speed from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 1-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Elmer Peters and Gerald Brooks, bond clerks on a weekend vacation, are on the run from a local sheriff after Elmer attempts to fish in a “no fishing” area. They arrive at an expensive hotel where they rescue Virginia Rollins and Babs Green, who have just been involved in a car accident. Gerald falls in love with Virginia, and Elmer falls for Babs, and the two fugitives decide to remain at the hotel for the rest of the weekend. Elmer begins boasting to hotel guests and personnel; soon, everyone believes that he and Gerald are millionaires, and that Gerald is an expert boat racer.
Full summary
The whole story of Top Speed, scene by scene
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Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Kid Speed, The Speed Kings and Speed Zone.
Top Speed FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Top Speed, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Top Speed?
Top Speed runs 1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes).
When was Top Speed released?
Top Speed was released on August 24, 1930.
Who directed Top Speed?
Top Speed was directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
More films by Mervyn LeRoy Who is in the cast of Top Speed?
Top Speed stars Joe E. Brown as Elmer Peters, Jack Whiting as Gerald Brooks and Bernice Claire as Virginia Rollins, among 13 credited actors.
Does Top Speed have a post-credit scene?
No. Top Speed has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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