Money for Speed

Money For Speed (d. Bernard Vorhaus, 1933) was one of the first films edited by the young David Lean, who at that time was cutting stories for Movietone, the first British sound newsreel. It was Lean's ability to make actuality footage dynamic and exiting that led director Bernard Vorhaus to pick him. When Vorhaus first came to Britain on holiday, he couldn't afford to hire a car so he got a motorbike instead, quickly learning how to ride it. The bike soon broke, but he remained an enthusiast and when he made his British feature film debut, he set it in the world of motorcycle speedway riders. To try and interest producers, he used his own money to shoot real motorcycle dirt-track racing. The film was a reasonable success and was even released in America (re-titled Daredevils of the Earth).

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