VCI Entertainment has
tagged June 25 as the DVD debut date for Brit filmmaker Jack Lee’s vintage 1949
post war motorcycle racing drama, Once a Jolly Swagman (aka: Maniacs
on Wheels), starring future box office star Dirk Bogarde along with
Bill Owen, Moria Lister and Renee Asherson.
Filmmaker Jack Lee would
be at the vanguard of Australian filmmaking (A Town Like Alice, Robbery
Under Arms), but before heading down under he delivered this tale about
Aussie flat track bike racing imported to England after the war — which proved
to be a major draw. This production was
a quickie theatrical melodrama that was rushed into theatres to capitalize on
the fast growing racing phenomenon.
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