The Lively Set

The Lively Set
1964 theatrical poster
Directed by	Jack Arnold
Starring	James Darren Pamela Tiffin Doug McClure
Music by	Bobby Darin
Release dates	October 24, 1964 (1964-10-24)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Lively Set is a 1964 American film directed by Jack Arnold. It stars James Darren, Pamela Tiffin and Doug McClure.

Plot

Casey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy Stanford Rogers (Peter Mann) hires Casey to build the car for him to race in the Tri-State Endurance Run. Chuck Manning (Doug McClure), an engineering student Casey met in a drag race, discovers potential flaws in the car's design. After an unsuccessful test run, Rogers abandons the turbine-powered car for a traditional racing model, but Casey and Chuck rework the turbine vehicle to compete with Rogers in the endurance run. Pamela Tiffin plays Eadie, Chuck's sister who becomes Casey's love interest.

The Turbine Car

The turbine car used in the film is the famous 1963 Chrysler Ghia Turbine Car developed by George Huebner and his team. The car's engine is realistically described in the film, particularly Chrysler's use of heat regenerators which cooled the turbine car's exhaust to a temperature even lower than that of a traditional piston engine.

The Chrysler Turbine Car is mentioned in the opening credit of the film. Chrysler had to participate in the film's development, since the car was the exclusive property of the corporation and its patented engine design was extenseively advertised as the "engine of the future."

Cast

James Darren as Casey
Pamela Tiffin as Eadie
Doug McClure as Chuck
Joanie Summers as Doreen
Marilyn Maxwell as Marge

Awards

Was nominated at the 37th Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing (Robert Bratton).^[1]

References

↑ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-03-15.

External links

The Lively Set at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Jack Arnold

With These Hands (1950)
Girls in the Night (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
The Glass Web (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
Red Sundown (1956)
Outside the Law (1956)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Man in the Shadow (1957)
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
High School Confidential (1958)
The Space Children (1958)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
A Global Affair (1964)
The Lively Set (1964)
Hello Down There (1969)
Black Eye (1974)
Boss Nigger (1975)
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

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