Reading through a lot of the reviews on here and seeing a lot of synopsis repeating and race fans slating the footage inclusions and it does make me smile. Firstly this was shot in the 1930's and filming Technics were so limited back then and i always find it quite humorous to see a fast film being played behind an actor steering an imaginary car in front...its what it was and its just great. this is not a dull movie its content about the story of a racing legend and his fight to keep his brother off the track is ok, yes the script is limited but lets not forget these early films were knocked out in two weeks and not like movies of today that sometimes take years. Again we have Cagney and Blondell staring together although they are not so close in this film they are two of my favourites. The rise and fall of a racing legend with some drama and tears, the crowd really does roar.
overall a good clean print, no gangster roles in this but a great film, if you want a top notch film of nice cars in a racing capacity watch the Formula One World Championship...now that is fast and is boring with it.
Review of The Crowd Roars
