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Nicole pleads with Gino to settle down. . .now that he has succeeded in winning most of the richer races. But for him there is no life without racing. . .and he makes a promise he does not intend to keep. RACER The doctor warns Gino that while his leg has healed he will never again be able to race. Gino’s mechanic has made a special clutch so he can work it with ease and in time the racer miraculously is able to drive again. RACING THRILLS THAT VIE WITH HEART BEATS The thrills, resultant from speed punctuated at every turn of its challenging path with death for the restless, courageous demons of Europe’s sports car racing tracks, vie with the heart-beats of women who wait in fear, but with unquenchable hope bom of a love that considers no sacrifice too great, if it means the happiness of their men. Nicole (Bella Darvi), the beautiful dancer who had achieved fame and fortune, sacrificed all for Gino (Kirk Douglas), whose religion was racing. Even when she was certain hers was a speculative love and she had the opportunity to marry a young man (Robert Stack) prepared to give her the care and security she craved, she could not put out of her mind the self-centered racer who had turned her erstwhile happy world into a sweltering ball of consuming fire. In addition to Douglas, Miss Darvi, Gilbert Roland, Robert Stack, Caesar Romero, Katy Jurado and Lee J. Cobb, the cast in Julian Blau- stein’s production includes Richard Allan, Charles Godlner, NorbertSchiller, Carl Esmond, Mel Welles and others. Gino, convalescing on the Riviera, tells Carlos and his wife how he plans to return to racing. Nicole (right) begins to conclude Gino will never marry her . . . that it is the thrill of racing competition he thrives on. Gino (left at the wheel of the racing car) laughs as Dell Oro reproaches him for his tactics. Gino’s ego and refusal to take orders bring him the contempt of the head of the stable of drivers. He is ruled off the track when a mechanic is accidentally killed and Carlos unavoidably runs over the body. Carlos is so unnerved he withdraws from the race and Gino gets his first chance to race a Burano car. On the occasion of his release from the hospital, Nicole gathers Gino’s friends and fellow demon-racers at a surprise party. The party over, Gino later tries to get Nicole to return to her own life, warning her that wives and children make race drivers over-cautious and the women themselves die a thousand deaths each time their men race. But, Nicole is too much in love with him, and stays. Page 34A