Trucking company owner Earl Dwire has two problems. On is that his trucks keep getting hijacked. The other is that his daughter, Lois Wilde, keeps getting ticketed for speeding by motorcycle cop Richard Talmadge. When he catches her this time, he announces he's taking her to the station, but she flees, forcing him to follow her and carry her, dressed in a bathing suit, to the station. Dwire admires his commitment and pluck and hires him to investigate the hijackings and keep an eye on Miss Wilde.
The highlights of Talmadge's movies are the stunts, and there are three or four very good ones here. Unfortunately, the story is ineptly written and under the direction of Harry Webb, who never thought that you could show guys in an ambulance with a sign reading "Receiving hospital" and let it go at that. No, you had to have the guard ask where they're from, and then have them tell him. Cameraman William Hyer tries to speed up this and the turgid cutting pace with pan shots, but it doesn't do much, especially with the bad line readings.
Talmadge had come to theUS as part of an acrobatic troupe. Soon he was doing movie stunts, including some for Douglas Fairbanks. He began his own series of stunt-laden adventure movies in 1921, but by the coming of sound, his vehicles were getting pretty bad. He starred in one more movie later the same year, then returned to stunt work and direction, working on productions like HOW THE WEST WAS WON. He retired in 1979 and died in 1981, aged 88.
The highlights of Talmadge's movies are the stunts, and there are three or four very good ones here. Unfortunately, the story is ineptly written and under the direction of Harry Webb, who never thought that you could show guys in an ambulance with a sign reading "Receiving hospital" and let it go at that. No, you had to have the guard ask where they're from, and then have them tell him. Cameraman William Hyer tries to speed up this and the turgid cutting pace with pan shots, but it doesn't do much, especially with the bad line readings.
Talmadge had come to theUS as part of an acrobatic troupe. Soon he was doing movie stunts, including some for Douglas Fairbanks. He began his own series of stunt-laden adventure movies in 1921, but by the coming of sound, his vehicles were getting pretty bad. He starred in one more movie later the same year, then returned to stunt work and direction, working on productions like HOW THE WEST WAS WON. He retired in 1979 and died in 1981, aged 88.