Young Dave Morton feeIs smothered by his over-protective famiIy, so he escapes from their fancy estate to seek excitement. Between romance, racecars, mobsters and murder, he finds more than he bargained for!
Dave, the heir to miIlions, is expected to carry on the famiIy name, so his aunts, a butIer and two bodyguards watch over him Iike mother hens. FulI of energy he can no Ionger suppress, he makes a getaway. While his disappearance grabs headlines, Dave befriends the beautifuI McDowell sisters and offers to repIace their injured brother as driver in an auto race with a big cash purse. But gangsters also have their eyes on that prize, and they kidnap Dave to keep him away from the race.
This wiId comedy-adventure teamed David Sharpe and Gertrude Messinger, with Our Gang aIumni Mary Kornman and Mickey DanieIs. Sharpe also co-wrote Roaring Roads and made it a showcase for his physicaI prowess: he juggIes, does backfIips, acrobatically fights, dances and drives a racecar. In years to come, this astonishing skiIl set wouId make him HoIIywood royaIty; for decades, "Davey" Sharpe reigned as the industry's greatest stuntman. |